Excerpt from The White Rose, Vol. 3A good many people were already in town. Mrs. Vandeleur had left off her widow's cap, and reduced the depth of her crape borders. Dolly Egremont, after a grand quarrel with Miss Tregunter, who had spent several months in the south of France, and never shown since, was up to his ears in theatrical affairs. His correspondence with the American ao tress alone, who, always coming, had not yet arrived, would have kept one secretary in full employment and while he was good-humoured and friendly as ever, he looked (for him) harassed and worn with too much to do, something on his mind, and not a Single moment to spare.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.