Excerpt from Peter of the Castle: And the Fetches I have before stated that on the evening when my brother and his young wife reached London, their purse was very lank indeed. Although the wife's father ranked as a country gentleman, he, like many of his class in Ireland, lived fully up to his income if not beyond it, and my brother received no dowry. Taking a. Wife, however, without a fortune, only proved his dis interestedness. A late literary success had put him in funds: this appeared to his sanguine eye as nothing more than the first fruits, raised from a mine of precious ore, more and more and more to be brought to the sur face, whenever sought for. There was no need of look ing after shillings, when sovereigns were to be had for th e seeking; and so, when the provident pair 1063 W? 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.