Excerpt from The Argosy, Vol. 55: January to June, 1893 Oh, Charles E I only went out to take a message to the cottage. And she knows I might have been back in ten minutes. Indeed I must hasten in. He opened his umbrella, which he had brought with him, for rain had been threatening all the morning; and, causing her to take his arm, held it over her. She walked timidly it was the first time She had ever taken it: and the moment they came within view of the house, She relinquished 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.