Excerpt from Woodreve Manor, or Six Months in Town: A Tale of American Life, to Suit the Merits and the Follies of the Times But the profound stillness was suddenly broken by the sound of wheels rolling rapidly over the gravelled drive, and in a few moments a coach drew up before the hall door; and the four horses, fatigued either by great speed or a long journey, panted and trembled as they stood. 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.