Excerpt from Through Thick and Thin, Vol. 1 of 3They were not appetizing, but she must not let herself get too hungry, for at the end of her walk she had a hard task to perform. Then She Opened her purse, and carefully counted the few coins in it, and shook her head.N she said to herself, there isn't enough I must walk back. I will manage somehow. It is a tremendously long way I had no idea that five miles could be so far. I wonder whether I am in the right way I wish I could see somebody to tell me. But there isn't even a house to be seen. She drew out her watch and looked at it.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.