Excerpt from The Discarded Son, or Haunt of the Banditti, Vol. 2 of 5: A Tale His manners were agreeable, and Eliza-1 beth, besides, was toowell pleased to'be relieved from the aukward situation which being unnoticed by all made her feel her self in, to discourage the inclination be manifested to pay her attention. The rage and jealousy of Miss Rae. Ex ceeded description; she trembled at the idea of her hopes respecting him being disappointed through her means, and, in the bitterness of her heart at their appre hended annihilation, curst, as fervently as be blessed, the chance which had thrown her in the way of Mrs. Dunbar. She left no artk'unessayed, to try to detach him from Miss Munro, but in vain. He heard not her sighs - he saw not -her frowns or smiles - he had, in short, no ears, no eyes, but for thelovely creature 'with whom he was then (conversing, and whose equal in beauty he thought he had never seen. 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.