Excerpt from Saint Ann's, Vol. 1 of 2: A Novel The event was one of no slight importance to the parish, as Mrs. Latimer, the Vicar's wife, very justly remarked. True, Mr. Foley was not in himself so influential a personage as Lord Braunton, who owned nearly the whole country-side, nor would anybody have thought of comparing the modest property attached to St. Ann's with the wide acres that surrounded Braunton Towers; still, St. Ann's might be said to dominate Bridstow, and the dwellers at St. Ann's were likely to be brought into far closer and more frequent intercourse with the villagers and the few families of neighbouring gentry than was Lord Braunton, whose duties or tastes involved prolonged periods of absence. 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.