A North Country Comedy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A North Country Comedy That allusion to the lost love of her youth indicated the only bit of egotism about the sweet little spinster of well-nigh sixty years. Her Edwin had been dead and buried for thirty and odd; yet to Sabina Ricketts the memory of the young lawyer's clerk, the lover of her girlhood, was fresh and sweet as to-day's rose. She seldom alluded to him, except in such a moment as this; the recollection was too sacred to be evoked upon ordinary occasions; and, moreover, she felt shy of intruding her personality upon others. Prudence Perfect, her companion, was younger by fifteen years, and far sprightlier, both in manner and appearance. She was now looking about her with much alacrity and excitement. No memory of a lost Edwin, no buried love, rendered her insensible to the romance of the hour or the possibility of romance in the future. In spite of some natural trepidation she was relish ing this position. It was the first adventure of her life, and it might be the beginning of many more. 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.