Excerpt from A Name to Conjure WithWhen we fall from riches into poverty, it should not be cast as a reproach at old friends that they are not quite the same to us as they have been in the past. Their lives and actions are con trolled by circumstances. Just as are the lives and actions of those who may appear to be more gifted with memory.Mrs. Lessingham was a plucky woman, there was no doubt about it. To those who knew her history, it seemed as if Fate had for years been playing football with her, and had thoroughly enjoyed the process, for her ups and downs had been many, and the stages Of her not very long life had been as varied as the circumstances of any woman's life very well could be.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.