Excerpt from One of the GrenvillesA lifetime Of seventy years which is too short to satisfy its possessor is too long to entertain others. There may be exceptions in favour Of the great, but ordinary men and women diminish in interest when their fortunes are decided, when the doubt as to whether they will turn out well or ill, failures or successes, is settled, when the curiosity as to how they will fare in love and whom wed is satisfied. After the removal of these uncertainties a man may find his life happier than before, but it becomes less amusing and usually less instructive to others. There is thus a good reason for the practice of novel writers in bidding farewell to their heroes at the altar.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.