Excerpt from Trust-Money, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel Mr. Prince cast a backward longing glance at the house, as though he were sorry to leave it, even for the day and well he might be, for it was a glorious morning, and Holm croft, with its red brick walls, tiled roof, clustering ivy and rose-crowned porch, and in its fair setting of shrubberies and gardens, never looked more charming and picturesque. Yes, it is a dear, beautiful old place, ' said Mrs. Prince, following her husband's eye and reading his thoughts. Yet what a wilderness it was when we first came here, nearly thirty years since I' 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.