Excerpt from Michael Thwaites's Wife My grandfather, Colonel Edward Thorley Master Michael Thwaites, said the voice of the old Judge by way of whimsical introduction; a gentleman's voice though with slightly nasal modulations, mellowed by time, deep but not sonorous, full and touched sweetly with a pleasing humour. I hope you will like each other. The boy started, turned quickly, looking confused and resentful for a moment; then he saw his host coming in from the adjoining bed-room, and yielded to the charm of the old gentleman's smiling eyes and shrewd, warmly coloured, clean-shaven features. 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.