Excerpt from A Transatlantic Chatelaine: A NovelSome people are so persistently and consist ently followed by misfortune that it is difficult for the most tender-hearted to restrain an ex pression of annoyance at each new blow given to the unlucky one. It is hard to believe that the victim has not himself to thank sometimes for his reverses. To this class of unfortunates belonged Gilbert Edwards. Born in the early twenties of this century, the traditional golden spoon shone in his mouth during his youth. His parents were of a solid, wealthy, Boston fam ily, drawing their ample means from the East India trade. He was an only child, gifted with beauty of person and brilliancy of intellect.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.