Excerpt from Our Sister Maisie Ah, you unbeliever! But it is true. She knows - I forget how many languages. I must ask her when she comes in. As for history, and all that kind of thing, I am really afraid of her, for my dates are always wrong. Well, you see, when her poor father married again, I adopted her for the sake of her mother, who was my dearest friend, besides being a relative; and I thought it my first duty to educate her so that she might one day be independent, if she pleased. Had she grown up plain, you know - and there was a time when she threatened it - I confess I could not have felt the same interest in her, and might not have seen my way to settling her desirably in life. DO you not think I acted wisely, Professor? Lady Junia paused, not quite understanding the look that passed across her listener's face. Your efforts have had an amazing success, Lady Junia. 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.