Excerpt from The Flowing Bowl: A Drama in Three Acts Mrs. M. Ah! The junior partner is a lucky man. The eloquence Of his appeal to a jury must work wonders, when the mere mention of his name has such an effect upon so cool and so apathetic a nature as yours, Marion. We must have him down here. Marion. Not for the world! Our social circle could have no charms for him. Mrs. M. Well, I don't know about that. Here we are comfortably settled in a snug little seaside hotel, with the genial Major Fitzpatrick and the elegant Mr. Poole slaves at our call, and, last but not least, your father, a little grumpy and grouty perhaps as a companion, but a capital manager of the financial department, who sees that we want for noth ing money can supply. You've only to make up your mind to be gay and happy, and the summer will pass like a dream. Marion. Ah, auntie, but those slaves of ours! Their midnight revels drive sleep from my eyes. The click of glasses, the shuffle of cards, the rattle of dice, all terrify me. I dread every moment to hear their laughter change to oaths and curses. To be freed from this life of torture, I would gladly exchange wealth and comfort for poverty and peace. 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.