Excerpt from The Hand of Ethelberta, Vol. 1 of 2: A Comedy in Chapters Well to be sure!' exclaimed a milkman, regard ing her. We should freeze in our beds if 'twere not for the sun, and, dang me I if she isn't a pretty piece. A man could make a meal between them eyes and chin - eh, hostler? Odd nation dang my old sides if he couldn't! The speaker, who had been carrying a pair of pails on a yoke, deposited them upon the edge of the pave ment in front of the inn, and straightened his back to an excruciating perpendicular.. His remarks had been addressed to a rickety person, wearing a waistcoat of that preternatural length from the t0p to the bottom button which prevails among men who have to do with horses. He was sweeping straws from the carriage way beneath the stone arch that formed a passage to the stables behind. 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.