Netherton-on-Sea, Vol. 2 of 3

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Excerpt from Netherton-on-Sea, Vol. 2 of 3: A StoryOur readers must not form too low an opinion of Mrs. Bythesea. She was a good wife and woman in many ways, but she understood neither her husband nor the rest of the world. In fact, she never laid herself out to do so, and was therefore continually treading on his and everybody's toes. She, poor woman, was the greatest loser, as she kept all love at a distance. Even her only son on whom she doted, rather endured than loved her She had tried to bring him up, too, by rule, and, as the sure result, had turned out thereby a creature to whom rule was unknown. Justice first, then mercy, she fancied was her maxim, and thought it a very grand one, and, like all who lead sham lives on sham principles, she produced all the evil of the maxim without any of the good.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.