Excerpt from The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 55: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics; January, 1885 She seemed a trifle startled. Her grasp shifted uncertainly on the plough handles, and the old ox, accustomed to rest only at the turn-row, mistook her intention, and started off. She stopped him with some difficulty, and then, Convicted of sin? She asked, in a voice that showed her appreciation of the solemnity of the subject. 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.