Excerpt from A Self-Made Countess: The Justification of a HusbandThe death of a father is socially more overwhelming than that of a mother.I never went to school, I believe it would have been better for me if I had done so, but my mother was a widow rather early in life, for I was only eleven years Old when my father died. He had held a high Official appointment which carried with it an income of several thousands a year, and my mother had never believed in schools, so that my elder sisters had a governess and I, though so much younger, had my lessons with her.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.