Excerpt from The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve ChroniclesHe had been severely trained in method by the most orderly Of fathers, and had saved every written communication he had received since the age of seventeen. It is therefore quite understandable why his accumulation Of letters was so large, and partially understandable how he came to have before him four bulky parcels Of them, respectively endorsed with the names Of Mary, Nell, Kitty, and Flip. The dates of these, be it at once understood, were not contemporaneous, though a careful investi gator might have detected a little overlapping. The letters marked Flip, it ought also to be stated, came first in point Of time.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.