Excerpt from Fresh From the Fens: A Story of Three Lincolnshire Lasses Dolly's thoughts ran more upon the new people she was to meet, for She was the shyest of the trio, and it seemed very formidable to be going amongst strangers, when there would be no mother to nestle up against - no kind hand to hold hers fast when the moment of the dreaded introduction came. Fortunately for Dolly, she had great confidence in Patty, and was tolerably happy so long as She had her sister to depend upon; but then Patty was not free from nervousness herself, and she confided to Dolly that she was sure Aunt Hilda would be very different from mother. 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.