Meadowleigh a Tale of English Country Life, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Meadowleigh a Tale of English Country Life, Vol. 1 of 2 If I must want those beams I wish, yet grant That I at least may wish those beams I want. Francis Quarle. "In short, you need not fear for me," she said quietly, as they paced the platform of the Paddington terminus. "Certainly not," said her companion. "You are not pretty enough to be run away with, you know; you wont set the world on fire, Nelly!" 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.