Margaret O. W. Oliphant
Published: 2015-07-13
Total Pages: 286
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Excerpt from The Railway Man and His Children, Vol. 2 of 3 "Yes, he is rather a dreadful spectacle," said Lady Leighton. "Now, one wonders he likes to exhibit himself about the world, where he once was so well known in another way. There's nothing so strange as human vanity, Mr. Rowland. I think he rather likes to show as a sort of prize example of suffering and misery. It's a distinction in its way. He had the distinction of being one of the handsomest men of his day, and of behaving more badly than almost anybody else, and now he's the most deplorable sufferer - always the first you know, whatever he's at." "You are a little hard upon him, Lady Leighton." "Not a bit too hard. I know the man so well. We've always been very good friends -" "What! 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.