Author: Jessie Fothergill

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-13

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9780428990800

Excerpt from From Moor Isles, Vol. 1: A Love Story He had accomplished more than two miles of his three and a half, and he seemed to be in no hurry to get to the end of his journey. Brian was young - only just over three and-twenty; it mattered little to his robust health and untried nerves, nourished by the keen moorland air and simple country fare which had all his life been his portion, if they missed a night's rest, or half of it, once a week. Had that one night's exertion been all the strain which he put upon his youth and strength, there would have been nothing in his condition to call for either surprise or com miseration.'then good-night, alas. He plodded on, his hands in his pockets, his long light overcoat flung open at the chest - for the encounter with the mild autumn tempest left him warm, not cold. He knew the way by long experience, dark as it was; and it was more unconsciously than consciously that he turned now to this side and now to that, to avoid the inequalities, or rough and stony bits of which he was aware, in the road pursuing the easiest, if most irregular, way, feeling nothing but plea sure and exhilaration in the roughness of the wind, the darkness and loneliness of the night. 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.