Excerpt from Sybilla, Vol. 2 of 3: And Other Stories She seemed to expand with gratitude, as the recipient of his favours; and certainly the dignity with which she carried her inches, made people forget how few they were. Her brother was not tall, but he too carried his head as if he had only to order and be obeyed; not offensively, but With a natural dignity which sat well upon him, and did not belie the benevolence of his countenance, set in a bush of light whisker and loose curls, into which silver threads were creeping. 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.