Author: Hawley Smart

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780332911670

Excerpt from Without Love or Licence: A Tale of South Devon He had certainly not gone to much expense, being even in that matter of the signboard careful Of his outlay but still, it seemed, his friends were like to prove true prophets, and that in all probability he would never see his money again. The Dragon had now been reopened some months, and Joe Mercer, to all appearance, was still waiting for customers, who seldom came. The few pints of beer and the odd glasses Of brandy-and-water that he sold would surely never pay either his rent or his licence while as for the land, Mr. Mercer seemed to trouble his head very little about that, and certainly no one would be likely to accuse him Of high farming. However, to the astonishment Of his friends, the landlord Of the Dragon seemed quite contented with the present state of things. He declared that business was on the increase, despite there being no visible signs Of such being the case said that to re-establish an inn that had been given up for some years was a slow process, and that it would pay right enough in the long run.' Mean while, the only noticeable thing was that Of the few customers who did frequent the Dragon most Of them were strangers to the neighbourhood. 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.