On the Broads (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from On the BroadsUnder the awning that roofed the high porch, with its sides gapingly open to catch the faintest stir of the night wind, it was hot that July evening at Mrs gower-granger's. Grouped beneath the palms and the striped tent-cloth, the ladies were making but a feeble pretence at talk. 'they eyed each other dully over ceaselessly moving fans. Besides the heat, there was the end-of - the-season lassitude weighing heavily upon the wearied guests. So the ladies sat and fanned themselves, and said little or nothing. It was effort enough to carry their languid glances beyond the palms, into the thick dusk of the hot London night.To this contagion of apathy there was one brilliant little corner of exception. From an inner drawing-room there came repeated bursts of laughter, a girlish voice, talking swiftly and continuously, leading the gay chorus. Seated quite fearlessly.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.