Excerpt from Constance D'oyley, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale Mary had a note which was waiting for an answer; and after some apologies, she Went into the next room, begging that they would make themselves very warm before they thought of going up stairs to dress. The first proceeding of the party was to turn their heads decidedly away from Con stance, that she might not, by catching a look, be led into the indiscretion of attempt ing to speak. She was very well pleased with this arrangement, for low spirits and a bad cold are not great incentives to con versation. Sweet creature said Mrs. Frampton, as Mary closed the door after her. Quite a dear, I love her already 1 cried the conceited friend looking up to the ceiling. Amelia, dear, isn't this a pretty place 2 asked Miss Sophia Frampton who was lean ing against the window. 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.