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Excerpt from Phyllida, Vol. 2 of 3: A Life Drama
Possessed no railway station, nor theatre, nor hotel even of the most unpretentious order. Then, its residents were composed Of old maids and widows and superannu ated officers, who met daily on its one pro menade, and gabbled of the iniquity of the Board of Guardians in wishing to pave the town, or introduce public conveyances, or give their sanction to the erection of a railway station at Gatehead. But those days were past. The old ladies and gentlemen were sleeping quietly in the churchyard, and were not likely to have their ears shocked by the ribald songs of drunken excursionists, nor their eyes by the flaming placards, which set forth that burlesque had found its way even down to that select retreat. But Gatehead was hardly improved by the Change occasioned by the march of intellect. In the olden days it had been at least respectable, if dull. Now it was dull and disreputable. More than two-thirds of the houses were let out. 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.
