Excerpt from Many Junes It is true, Sophia, persisted the old lady, her snowy curls shaking with the vehemence of her nod. And to talk of brutality and discourtesy is simply ridiculous. You are always dwelling upon that foolish old grievance. The fact is, you always lorded it over poor Emily before she was married, and when you went to stay with her as a bride you tried to continue the practice. Horace caught you at it and turned you out Of the house. And well you deserved it. I do not deny that he is a martinet. Every man has a right to be, in his own house. Your dear father was the same, and I never complained. But that is a different thing from brutality, as you call it, and I am quite sure that the Admiral was not brutal. Your nature is an over bearing one, Sophia, and for once you got punished for 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.