Excerpt from The Ill-Tempered Cousin, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel In the general silence which ensued, the sound of John's departing footsteps echoed through the hall. Then the front door shut with a bang, and all was still. 'Tell me, ' said Lady Danvers, after a pause, a somewhat softer intonation in her high-set voice, ' have you any other attachment to account for this?' In an instant a burning blush mantled on Sophia's cheeks. She stretched out her hands imploringly. 'I had rather t say, ' she faltered. 'I beg you t to ask.' 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 techlogy 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.