Excerpt from Uncharted SeasThe wicked, wicked world, she murmured, as she straightened a cushion so forcibly that it stayed with a hollow in it, a note of protest in the room's orderliness.The ladies gathered with some tardiness. First, came Miss Seraphine Fisher. Miss Seraphine had for some time passed the stage where anything but very Old age could wither her. Custom had not staled her variety, for she had never had any. Miss Seraphine was a woman of one idea, and that was what she called religion. When not actually at church, she spent the greater portion Of her time read ing and working in connection with Foreign Mis sions. She now kissed Matilda Winslow somewhere about the cheek, and set down her reticule upon one of the linen covered chairs.Not on the chair, Seraphine. Put your sewing on one of the tables I've provided.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.