Archie Lovell, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Archie Lovell, Vol. 2 of 2 In all the great and solemn crises of her earthly pilgrimage-creditors pressing them more sorely than their wont, old Lord Lovell returning inhuman answers ' to appeals for money, poor Frederick's pictures making their periodical journeys home, unsold, from London- the instant devastation, or, as she termed it herself, "setting to rights" of the entire clothing of the household, had been, for years past, an unfailing source of. comfort to Bettina's troubled spirit. This devastation, a kind of sacrifice laid upon the altar of the DU penates-and having its origin, doubtless, in that mysterious instinct which has made man from the earliest ages believe in some occult power of propitiatory offerings to avert impending grief-had, indeed, by force of habit become incorporated at length as a vital, or integral, part of Bettina's religion. 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.