Excerpt from The Light on the Lagoon: A Novel Under dark, well-marked eyebrows Sydney had quiet gray eyes, set Wide apart and of singular beauty. Lady Flood disliked the bobbed hair because she considered that it made her daughter look quite absurdly young and childish, just at a time when she had no further right to either of those qualities. It accentuated, too, a certain air of innocence and won der, suggested by the grave quiet eyes. Besides, she felt that her opinion concerning such a drastic step should have been dutifully invited. Sydney to take the law into her own hands! It was her first offense, it is true, but it seemed to denote the exist ence of a mute rebellious spirit never before suspected. 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.