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Excerpt from Mutineers
The dark, stone-flagged hall at Sandleford is a cold place in most seasons of the year; and though the spring was unusually early, and the buds on the trees in the drive were already showing delicate flakes of green through their Split casings of brown - like glimpses of silken petticoats under rough winter skirts - the glow of burning logs in the wide, lofty fireplace was scarcely strong enough to dissolve entirely the chilliness which lingered in remote corners. Though it was dusk, the lamp which hung from the centre of the beautiful old ceiling had not been lighted, and the deep shadows quivered as the flames sent their flickering rays over the grey pavement and the blackened oak furniture, and gleamed faintly on the deep-toned oil pictures and ancient trophies of weapons and armour which decorated the walls. T was a subdued picture, full of dim suggestions of bygone days. The warmth of life seemed to be gradually ebbing from the Old house, and its vigour passing away. 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.
