Download or read book Great Porter Square, Vol. 2 of 3 written by L. Farjeon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Great Porter Square, Vol. 2 of 3: A Mystery It happened during her illness that a friend, who witnessed the anxiety of her mind and sympathised with her, wrote to America for information concerning Mr. Holdfast, antici pating that the reply to his letter would enable him to communicate good news to her; and it also happened, most singularly, after a lapse of time, that it was to this very friend 'mrs. Holdfast appealed for advice as to how she should act, I felt as if I was going mad, are the widow's words. I could endure the terrible suspense no longer. She called upon her friend, not being aware that he had written to America on her behalf. Ou the table was a letter with the American post-mark on the envelope, and as her friend, in a hurried manner, rose to receive her, she observed that he placed his hand upon this letter, as though wishing to conceal it from her sight. But her quick eyes had already detected it. 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.