Excerpt from Maud's Peril: A Drama, in Four ActsSusan. The Sefton estates were mortgaged, and all under bonds. Why, my Old master went down 011 his knees to her - stay! On the very spot where you are sitting - and my poor Maud consented to save him from ruin.Toby. Why do you pity her? He's married the richest man in the country.Susan. Because she gave her hand when she had already given her heart to Mr. Gerald Gwynn.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.