Author: M. E. Braddon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781330437056

Excerpt from Charlotte's Inheritance, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel While George Sheldon was still in the depths of the City, Valentine Hawkehurst arrived at the Gothic Villa, where he asked to see Mrs. Woolper. Of the woman herself he knew very little; he had seen her once or twice when some special mission brought her to the drawing-room; and from Charlotte he had heard much of her affectionate solicitude. To have been kind to his Charlotte was the strongest claim to his regard. "This woman's help would be of inestimable service," he thought; "her age, her experience of sickness, her familiarity with the patient, especially adapt her for the office she will be required to fill. If Dr. Jedd should order a nurse to watch by the sick-bed, here is the nurse. 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.