Excerpt from The Marquis of Carabas, Vol. 3 of 3: A Story of to-DayThe Marquis of Carabas had chanced, through some accident, to call at Park Lane at an unwonted hour of the day, with the result that instead of meeting with Lady Ermyntrude or the Duchess, Who had gone out together, he fell into the hands of Lady Nora, Who, Without any distinct purpose, had obstinately insisted on remaining at home.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.