A Modern Prometheus (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Modern PrometheusFor an hour they had been thus characteristic ally occupied. One staring OK to the horizon, let ting her thoughts drift free with her gaze and then ¿oat back across the green sea of open country like idle boats at turning of the tide - to keel against the rose-covered parapet at last and then to swiftly sign for another voyage toward the liquid far-away. The other driving her pen at break-neck pace over page after page Of semi diaphanous paper, without lifting her eyes save from inkstand to parasol, as the adventurous sun grew more impatient to read over her shoulder. Finally she sighed, jabbed the careless parasol into more faithful relations to the intruder, folded her many sheets, stuck Victor Emmanuel's blue face on the corner of the envelope with a decisive pound Of her small fist, and was just about to seal it when her daughter turned toward her.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.