Author : Richard Marsh
Release : 2015-07-11
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Download or read book A Metamorphosis (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Marsh. This book was released on 2015-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Metamorphosis It all began with an oak-tree at High Dene - that ideal home for a millionaire. The oak-tree stood in the home copse. Its owner, George Otway, leaned his back against it as he smoked a pipe. On the other side was a stile leading over the fence into the drive. As he smoked he heard steps approaching along the road. They reached the stile; then lingered. Voices became audible. One belonged to his cousin, Frank Andrews, the other to Dollie Lee, the girl to whom he was engaged to be married. Being within a few feet of where he stood he heard every word of what they said. In lazy and mischievous mood he listened; first in jest, then in earnest. They both owed all they had in the world - all they hoped to have - to him. There could hardly be any conversation between them to which they could seriously object to his listening; if there should be, then he would acquaint them with his presence, if they had not already discovered it for themselves. They said several things - which they certainly did not desire him to overhear - yet he dropped no hint that they had a listener. Plainly, they were in the very heart of an interesting discussion when they arrived at that stile. Frank's first question showed it. It was that question which caused his cousin to keep still behind the tree. "Tell me honestly, Dollie, do you love me?" Considering that this question was being put to Otway's affianced wife - by the one man in the world who ought not to have put it! - it was scarcely surprising that the millionaire remained quiescent; there was scant room for honesty either in the question or its answer. 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.