The Rebel's Daughter

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Excerpt from The Rebel's Daughter: A Story of Love, Politics and War But then he on the wagon-board posed not for a picture. He revelled in bliss, for the moment unalloyed. Care and worry he had left behind in the citv from which he had escaped. In contrast with the weariness of mind and body brought on by incessant toil, the sense of rest and peace to which he now abandoned himself became doublv delightful. Sweet to him was the fragrance of grass and the perfume of llowers waited on the soft breeze that caressed his face. The profound soli tude was enhanced rather than disturbed bv the drowsv creak ing of the wagon-tongue the buzzing of insects, and the rustling of grass: the scampering of a timid hare across the road, or the circling of a hawk in dizzy height overhead intensified rather than disturbed the restful, silent solitude. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.