Excerpt from The Upper Room In a high enterprise. The multi tude are not aware that this man escapes as often as may be possible from the glare of public life, and hides himself in some country-house where the scent of roses floats in through the open windows, and manners have a gentle simplicity. Some tribute will be found among the great man's papers to an obscure friend; but no one will ever know what passed between those two when they sat in some quiet garden at set of sun, for neither ever told; or read the letters they wrote one to the other, for they are de stroyed. Had you spoken with the hero's friend, he had never boasted or let you understand his honour. No friendship has such a charm as that into which the world cannot intrude, which comes afterwards on the world as a surprise. 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.