Excerpt from The Repentance of Paul Wentworth, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel At all events he left himself a margin for exercising his taste indoors as well as out. A sense of. Luxury and charm pervaded every corner of his house, and the hand of an art collector who thoroughly understood his hobby was apparent in the disposition of every picture and bronze and bit of china which adorned its. Handsome rooms. There was something abso lutely soothing to an artistic mind in' the perfect unity of design which prevailed unbroken from hall to attic. 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.