Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Gleams and Glooms: A Story of 1905
Just a week before our introduction to the neighbourhood, a young man had called upon Holloway's agents for the pur pose of renting the cottage. He had ar rived at perfectly satisfactory arrange ments, and when he left the office he carried with him the key of the old house and a receipt stating that he had paid in advance one month's rent. Of course the interested neighbours were not aware of this little transaction, but that very evening they discovered a light in the windows of The Nest, and discerning, groaned in spirit. One consolation was granted to them: the newcomers seemed eminently respectable. 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.
