Agatha Beaufort, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Agatha Beaufort, Vol. 2: Or, Family Pride Wondering what fresh catastrophe the day would usher in, Margaret, when she finished dressing, drew aside the curtain that divided her two rooms, and, emboldened by the courage daylight invariably gives, entered the smaller one, then, without exactly knowing wherefore, she commenced a diligent examination of its walls. The book-cases, cabinets, everything seemed compact, and as she left it on the previous day: the only want of unity which struck Margaret's eye - and that she dismissed as too trivial to deserve a moment's reflection - was, that the flutings of crimson silk draping the wall between two of the tallest book-shelves, were slightly displaced and ruffled. This defect, however, she was obliged candidly to acknowledge to herself, might easily have escaped her previous notice, and would probably have done so as long as she inhabited the room, but for her present close survey. Without, therefore, deriving much insight into the perplexing mysteries which beset her, Margaret, with a sigh, turned to leave the room. Her watch lay in its case, on an ebony stand, near the window, where she had placed it on dressing for dinner the day previously. 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.