Excerpt from The Cost of a Promise: A Novel in Three Parts Aunt Rosalie coming this afternoon, mamma? How jolly, cried Germaine, cheering up at the good news. Mrs. Damien hardly responded. She was wonder ing how best to apply to her sister for a further loan so soon after the last. Emmeline Damien, mother Of Germaine, was the younger daughter Of one Matthew Carewe, a man who had become wealthy by means of his own capacity for business and tireless industry. This man had no son, and he set his heart upon a match between Emmeline and his partner, James Byles. Emmeline was a pretty girl, and, having many admirers, quite naturally did not desire to marry a young man who might be said to have no advantages except his business connection with her father. 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.