Excerpt from City Cousins: A Sequel to Annie SherwoodA large coal fire burned briskly in the breakfast-room of the handsome and luxuriously furnished residence of Mr. Robert Morton, in one of our eastern cities. It was at the close of a cold day in the cheerless month of November, and the wind whistled mournfully without, but its wailings were unnoticed by the cheerful family group, that were seated under the bright gas-light, around a tea-table covered with delicacies. Mr. Morton, who in a rich dressing-gown and slip.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.