Excerpt from Tales From Town Topics: December, 1899 Yes. Each climax is a corner, to be turned carefully, lest we bruise our flesh against some sharp projection. He paused a moment, and then added conclusively, and matrimony is the rock upon which most of us go to pieces. She flushed. Why do you say such things? You don't mean them. Don't I? Can you tell when I am in earnest? We should take life easily; it is a simple formula, but one you will never be able to follow. You are too serious, Lucille, and he added, forgive me, - too pretty. 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.