Excerpt from Valentine's Eve, Vol. 1 of 3 Bravo! Well said, and nobly felt, cried the gentleman next him. That is what I call a disinterested and true love of one's country, observed another. - But before approbation of the general's Roman virtue had echoed round the table, the father's feelings had te sumed their empire; and while his lip quivered with strong emotion, a pang like that of remorse had struck across his bosom - for this son, this only child whose death he had allowed himself to contemplate as a preferable event to the defeat of the English powers, had been for years an exile from the general's pre sence, though not from his affections, be cause he had contracted a clandestine and unsuitable marriage. The consequence was, that Captain Shirley on the death of his wife, whom his father had resolutely. 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.