Excerpt from The Baby's Grandmother, Vol. 1 of 3 It is the most ridiculous thing, said her brother, - and Teddy did not relish ridiculous things in connection with himself and his be longings, it is the worst piece of luck that could have happened, that baby coming. Puts us all in the stupidest position. Just as if you and I were not laughed at enough already, the way we go on. Oh, I know, I know well enough. They say we're a queer lot, and that sort of thing; and it will be worse than ever after this. I say, you know, we must do some thing; it's no use staring at each other, and doing nothing to help ourselves. We Shall be quizzed all over the place. So we shall. Matilda looked him in the face Without the shadow of a smile. What are we to do? Come, advise me brother. 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.