Excerpt from Reparation: A Novel It would be wrong to say that his son Julian proved his chief interest in life; he was actuated by too many motives, and had too many objects and activities, to feel that one boy alone was a sufficient reason for living; but at the same time, Julian's existence certainly made a tremendous difference to him, and was, indeed, the centre of his hopes and plans. He seldom sat down to think continuously about his son, but his mind glanced off towards him a score of times a day, and at the most unlikely moments; a fact which in the case of a very busy man betokened a good deal of paternal affection. 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.