Excerpt from Social Evils, and Their Remedy, Vol. 1: Mechanic, And, the Lady and the Lady's Maid At last I was roused from my gloom by a ring at the door hell, or, I should say, a ring several times repeated. I heard it, without attending to the sound at first. I found Mary Armstrong, a kins woman of my father, and a farmer's wife, at the door. I tell thee what, she said, as she put down her large covered basket, and, after staring me in the face, turned a searching look round the room, I tell thee what, lad! Thou shalt come and pass a day or two with us at Castle Bromwich, in the old farm-house. The master will be right glad to see thee, and if younger company should he wanted, there's John, and Jem, and Margaret, all at home. Our clock, too, is sadly out of order, and, as it was the first your father, that's now dead and buried, ever made, we set great store by it. 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.