Excerpt from Grace Lee, Vol. 2 She ushered him in. So, he thought, it seems she will admit no one, and that I am excepted. Phoebe preceded him up to the drawing-room door, pronounced his name, then closed the door upon him and left him. The drawing-room was brilliantly lit; it was adorned with flowers, too, and a warm and perfumed air stole softly on the senses. The furniture was the same as in Mrs. Lee's time, but perfect taste had so subdued every thing into harmony that you forgot its existence. 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.