Excerpt from Madonna Mary, Vol. 1 of 2I daresay it is not so bad as you think, she said, with the manner of awoman who was used to this kind of thing. Come, and tell me all about it. She drew her chair a trifle nearer his, and looked at him with a face in which a touch of sup pressed amusement was visible, under a good deal of gravity and sympathy. She was used to lend a sympathetic ear to all his difficulties, and to give all her efforts to their elucidation, but still she could not help feeling it somewhat droll to be complained to in this strain about her own marriage. W'e awe a couple of fools, she said, with a little laugh, but it has not turned out so badly as it might have done. Upon which rash statement the Major shook his head.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.