Excerpt from The Engrafted Rose: A Novel The Reverend Gabriel Oglethorpe stood in the draughty hall of his Vicarage, fumbling over a black and white check comforter, with which he was about to mume his throat. His big, worn boots were planted on a floor covered with oilcloth out of which the pattern had long since been trodden. An open door disclosed a study, barely furnished with a desk of painted wood inlaid with green baize, a chair or two, and many stained deal bookshelves laden with theological works. It was in the year of our Lord 1847 late in the month of November, and about three o'clock in the afternoon. 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.