Excerpt from Seaforth IT was within, as we have already said, a few months of his coming of age that Harold took up his permanent residence at Seaforth. It was at about the same time, too, that the old rector of the place died, and the living changed hands. A young college friend, whose character closely resembled his own, was chosen by Harold to fill the vacant place. This young man, Edward Stanhope by name, brought with him to the rectory his newly-married wife and his orphaned and penniless sister. Beautiful, high-principled, and full of Character, the young girl was just the kind of woman Harold had dreamed of in his wife. Before he was aware of it him self, indeed, from the hour of his introduction to her, he fell deeply in love with her. The rector and his wife were not slow to perceive it, and did all they could to assist and encourage him. An intimacy sprang up between the Hall and the rectory. Almost daily was Harold to be found there; and, for a time, the hard, stern man for got his duties at home, neglected his usual avocations, and gave himself up to winning the beautiful girl who exercised so powerful an influence over him. 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.