Excerpt from My Brave and Gallant Gentleman: A Romance of British Columbia Why all this fuss over a matter which concerned only two individuals, I could not understand. Had I been going to marry the Lady Rosemary, - which, Heaven forbid, - I should have whipped her quietly away to some little, country parsonage, to the reg istrat of a small country town; or to some village blacksmith, and so got the business over, out of hand. But, of course, I had neither the inclination, nor the intention, let alone the Opportunity, of put ting to the test what I should do in regard to mar tying her, nor were my tastes in any way akin to those of my most elegant, elder brother, Viscount Harry, Captain of the Guards, - egad, - for which two blessings I was indeed truly thankful. As I was thus ruminating, the library door opened and my noble sire came in, spick and span as he al ways was, and happier looking than usual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.