Elizabeth Caroline Grey
Published: 2016-07-06
Total Pages: 118
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Excerpt from The Duke and the Cousin Once in London, they were soon drhwn, by the force of circumstances and example, into a vortex of extravagance and dissipation. The consequences were such as might be expected: in a few years Captain Cecil found his finances in a most er'nbar rassed state, with the consciousness, that his family were becoming daily more expensive in their idehs - while in fact, more was required for them. Not possessing the firmness and energy to place that con fidence in his wife and children, with regard to the involved state of his affairs, which would have led them to join hand and heart with him in breaking through their present ruinous and unprofitable mode of life. He chose rather to postpone the day of re. Trenchment, than confide the tale of his pecuniary distress to those whom he loved too well to atiiitt. 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.