Excerpt from Hyacinth From Limbo: And Other StoriesWhy, then, had they come? Was not her home fabulous and, to many, beautiful, or dare one suspect some appeal in the curious notoriety ofher name? Surely, many a romantic had smiled hearing that old pied piper, the ancient music box, sing him a lorelei beneath the pudgy hand of a blond cherub, escaped from an antique-mad mama's eye or a gilded cupid frame, cranking obstinately away and perched on a stool. No, it was not all malice there!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.