Excerpt from A Drake by George Captain and his wife, their nephew George, with the two servants, Kezia and Bessie. Mrs. Drake was a lady of substance, having spent by far the greater part of her life in a position which, when not recum bent, had been sedentary: when travelling with her husband the compartment they occupied had a singularly crowded appearance. She and the Cap tain were devoted to each other, in spite of the fact that he had not fallen in love with her until he had made sure she did possess a comfortable ...
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Excerpt from A Drake by George Captain and his wife, their nephew George, with the two servants, Kezia and Bessie. Mrs. Drake was a lady of substance, having spent by far the greater part of her life in a position which, when not recum bent, had been sedentary: when travelling with her husband the compartment they occupied had a singularly crowded appearance. She and the Cap tain were devoted to each other, in spite of the fact that he had not fallen in love with her until he had made sure she did possess a comfortable income, even though it was derived from trust funds in which she enjoyed a life interest only. You commenced, my love, as the loadstone of my career, remarked the Captain upon the occasion of their silver wedding, and have continued as the pole-star of my existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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