Excerpt from Courtleroy, Vol. 1 of 3 Mrs. Prettyman said this reflectively. She had been meditating on her subject ever since she had heard the evangelist whose words she quoted, and fancied she had thoroughly digested it. She was - or supposed herself - a great thinker as well as a great talker, and she had come to the conclusion that a child in the house was an absolute necessity. I see but one objection to your plan, Lou, ' said Mr. Prettyman, who was some what oi a wag, and as great a talker as his wife. 'suppose he was to turn out a thief, or a murderer, for, you know, we mightn't be sure of his parents, and there's a great talk now-a-days Of heredity, of crime, as they call it; or, if it was a she, perhaps she would elope with the footman, as her mother would probably have been - well. 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.