Excerpt from The Courage of Sylvia Fulgent, Vol. 2 of 3 The only opportunities he had of getting his foot loose were when Sylvia could be prevailed on to relieve him of his duties for an hour or two, which, however, happened nearly every day. To these meetings Vignolles looked forward with an eagerness which, if rather ridiculous in the eyes of a brother, was also rather pathetic in the eyes of Sylvia herself. If she met him out of doors, he would pull himself together as he caught sight' of her, straighten his poor stooping shoulders, and do his best to walk with some thing of the swing and stride of Fulke. His eyes would brighten for a moment, and his face he wreathed in smiles. He would bring out all his piteous little affectations and faded4 the courage OF sylvia fulgent. 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.