Excerpt from Princess KatharineFor all her hurry, she seemed to approach the house with a certain stealthiness, whispering to Katty to be careful how she walked on the gravel. They went round the corner of the house. While they yet stood in the shadow, a door opened and a stream of light ¿owed out. Something odd and misshapen showed itself in the stream of light. The creature carried a pail upon its arm - his arm, for the figure seemed to be that of a stunted deformed boy. It passed rapidly across the light and into the shadow.N o sooner had the figure disappeared than J udy Duncan slipped through the lit doorway into the kitchen beyond. It was a big kitchen, the kitchen of a good-sized country-house. It was ill-lit by the one cheap lamp, which smelt atrociously, but it was very clean, although the walls were stained with smoke. There was a bright little fire on the hearth and a kettle was boiling on the hob. Before the fire lay a black cat, purring peacefully.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.