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Excerpt from Belgravia, Vol. 27: A London Magazine; October 1875
You will blame me, dearest, I fear, for the step I am taking, ' writes Herman, after a simple announcement of his determination; but I have reasons - reasons of a purely business nature - which render the act a wise one. First and foremost, I shall make more money in a few weeks than I could earn at home. Secondly, I find myself in actual need of change of scene and occupation. My pen flags, my work grows distasteful to me. I want the revivifying influence of active life. 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.
