Excerpt from The Hawkshawes, Vol. 1 of 2: A Novel by Bird The sale must take place on the day appointed, said Mrs. Maynard, in a weak, but decided voice, for on the day after, the painters and workmen have orders to commence the repairs. So soon I sighed Ellen then it shall be so. Sit you quietly here, dearest mamma, and I will manage everything. Two days before that which was fixed for the sale, Ellen had accomplished her laborious duties. Every repository for those odds and ends which careful house wives delight in accumulating, had been turned out, and its contents examined. Whatever might be useful in the quiet lodgings to which she and her mother had resolved to retire, was retained, and the remainder distributed among the poor. 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.