In Mr. Knox's Country (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from In Mr. Knox's CountryAn Open doorway faced me, I stooped beneath its lintel and asked of seeming vacancy if there were anyone inside. There was no reply. I advanced into a clean kitchen, with a well-swept earthen ¿oor, and was suddenly aware of a human presence very close to me.A youngish woman, with a heavy mop of dark hair, and brown eyes staring at the opposite wall, was sitting at the end of a settle behind the door. Every bit of her was trembling. She looked past me as if I did not exist. Feeling uncertain as to whether she or I were mad, I put to her my question as to where David Courtney lived, with out much expectation of receiving an answer.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.