Kincaid, From Peking

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Excerpt from Kincaid, From Peking: A NovelTime was when, contented, Wallis Kinkaid dwelt in the "tents of Gotham, " satisfied to accept the myriad enjoyments that appear to be the natural heritage of a rich young bachelor. The "flesh-pots of Israel" were so alluring, his sumptuous apartments so enticing, and the claims of fashionable society so exacting, that, save for his annual hunting trip to the wilds of Maine or the "bush" of Canada in the autumn, he had but a meager acquaintance with the strenuous side of existence.That was before he had ever made the acquaintance of Joyce Robertson, recognized as the "belle of Montreal, " and felt his heart stirred to its depths by the witchery of her sweet presence, so that he yielded himself a captive to her charms, "rescue or no rescue, " until such time as he felt compelled to declare his passion, and to hear m return the astounding intelligence, delivered with unusual firmness for a girl in society, that, while she admitted entertaining more than friendly sentiments, toward him, she had long ago resolved never to marry a man whose highest ambition in life seemed to be simply the elegant pursuit of social pleasure.That rude awakening and rebuff rather staggered our bachelor friend, but at the same time it set him to thinking, and was the means of arousing a dormant spirit in his constitution, ere the tendrils of idleness had entirely fastened upon his generous nature.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.