Miss. Buncle, Married

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Excerpt from Miss. Buncle, Married: Being the Further Adventures of the Celebrated AuthoressMrs. Abbott's hand was arrested in mid-air as it went towards the handle of the coffee pot. Her grey eyes widened, her mouth Opened (displaying a set Of exceptionally fine teeth) and remained open, but no sound came. The pleasant dining-room was very quiet, a fire burnt briskly in the grate, the pale wintry sunshine ¿owed in at the Window on to the red and blue Turkey carpet, the carved oak furniture and the motionless forms of Mr. And Mrs. Abbott sitting at the breakfast table. On the table the Silver glittered and the china shone - as china does When it is well washed and polished by careful hands. It was a Sunday morning as could easily be deduced from the lateness Of the hour and the unnatural quiet outside as Well as inside the Abbotts' small, but comfortable, house.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.