Stories Without Tears (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Stories Without TearsMr Wilfred Sandys, assistant master at "Sunniholme, " had a small sitting-room assigned to him at the top of the house. It was rather a dark and sullen little room, furnished principally with what had been left over. Against one of the walls stood a cottage piano in light oak, bearing the name of an unknown German maker, its inward parts were so full of wickedness that it had long before retired from active service. Piano was a courtesy title - the thing was a sideboard really. Over the mantelpiece was a gas-bracket. The gas had been cut off from it in order (as Mr. Worthy pointed out) to avoid accidents. The room was illuminated in the evening by a small lamp when Emma remembered it. When Emma forgot it, it was idle to have recourse to the bell-pull, though it was a tasteful bell-pull. The bell itself had been removed because (as Mr. Worthy explained) you cannot have the maid-servants kept for ever running up and down stairs, this, I think, cannot be gainsaid. In fact, there was very little in the room that really worked - except Mr. Wilfred Sandys.The supper-tray of Mr. Wilfred Sandys stood on the piano.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.