Excerpt from The Circle It was long before either moved; then Solny stirred automatically all his actions were jerky and indi rect - and Anna unclasped her hands. She watched him fumble for his handkerchief, and the corners of her mouth stiffened unconsciously as he opened the knotted corner and drew out his worn snuff-box, opening the lid with a little snap. Youth is all raw edges to the foibles of age, and Anna was not yet sixteen. She moved impatiently, and the dreamy look drifted from her eyes like a shadow before the sun. Father, she said, it 5 long past eight. He turned, and a tiny cloud, like fine brown sand, scattered from his fingers along his sleeve. 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.