The Family At Misrule Classic Reprint

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Download or read book The Head of the Family written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Head of the Family: A Novel Ninian Graeme stood at his own door, waiting for it to be opened unto him; - the sooner the better, any one would have thought who noted the miserable weather without. The little square it was one of those dull spots in the New Town of Edinburgh, where grass grows among the pavement-stones, and the very sparrows seem half asleep - was filled with a dense white mist, rare indeed to the clear atmosphere of the hill-city, but when it does come, fraught with intense cold that pierces to one's very soul. Yet Ninian did not seem to feel it. He stood, looking down the blank street of which his own abode made the corner house. But he evidently saw nothing - at least with his outward eyes. At length, turning round, his attention was caught by the bright brass door-plate, on which was inscribed, "Professor Graeme." He gave a momentary start, and his close set lips quivered once or twice; but soon he resumed the quiet manly bearing which seemed habitual to him. The maid opened the door. "Are they come?" was Ninian's hasty question. "Eh, sir! Na, na, it's no the time. At sax o'clock, Miss Graeme said" - "Yes - you're right, Katie," answered the young man, as he unrolled himself from his damp plaid and hung it to dry. In so doing, he knocked down a heavy oaken stick, which he took up, touching it tenderly, while the same passing pang troubled his countenance. "Here - put this by somewhere - in my room," he said in a whisper. 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."