Excerpt from The Gilberts Their Guests, Vol. 3 of 3: A Story of Homely English Life Fanny, on rising from breakfast, had found a few books belonging to Miss Crawford scattered about the room, and entering the study in order to give them to her, was surprised to find her travelling preparations complete; all her pro perty, with the exception of the piano, being packed up and ready for removal. It was manifest that the intended journey, so suddenly announced, had been leisurely enough contem plated; that the summons that morning received had been anticipated; but to Fanny's expression of silent astonishment no explanation was vouch safed. Miss Crawford, indeed, appeared alto gether unobservant of it, and quietly thanking her for the books, resumed the performance she had for a moment interrupted. Fanny, perceiving that her company was not desired, returned forthwith to the breakfast-room, and astonished the party there by announcing that Miss Crawford was ready for her journey. 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.