Excerpt from A Truce and Other StoriesYou will do no such thing. It is just like Cornwall to put you up to something he knew I should disapprove. Still, I needn't trouble myself, between Ann's cowardice and your own laziness you will never go. The walking in there is atrocious, it is next door to a quicksand, pulling your feet down at every step - drag, drag, drag. I had to go ploughing through it until I was completely worn out, and ready to swear.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.