Marian Or A Young Maid S Fortunes

Excerpt from Marian, or a Young Maid's Fortunes IN the year 1816, on one of those damp, dull, misty mornings, so peculiar to our English climate and the month of Novem ber. And just as the sleepy watchman had called Past five o'clock. My story commences. Along the line of Sloane Street a woman was pacing some what rapidly, her figure enveloped ia a scanty grey cloak which reached only to her knees, and her face was shaded by a black silk bonnet. Having passed Cadogan Place, her pat tens clicking at every step, and marking the speed at which she'travelled, she encountered the drowsy proclaimer of the hour, who was at the moment watching with anxiety for the first streak of light that might serve as authority for leaving his chill and wearisome beat. 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.