Excerpt from The Individualist: A NovelBefore the boy went with this note the mistress took him by the arm, pulling him towards her and rumpling his hair, in Spite of his shout of protest and his endeavours to twist from her strong white hand. A shrill burst of laughter rattled the school windows, renewed when, after a pat on his chubby cheek, the boy wriggled himself free, and with all his dignity gone made a dash for the door, and so escaped.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.