Firelight Stories

Excerpt from Firelight StoriesHe was not tidy, Q certainly. His clothes were innocent of brushing, and odd little patches of vari ous colors were partly sewed on, and partly hanging loose over his rents and tatters. His bright face, too, would have been the better for a little wholesome soap and water; but hungry he did not look.Yes, I said, I think I may have been hungry in my life; but you don't look hungry now.Awful hungry, missis and the imp stretched his already big mouth, and pointed to the empty, yawning cavern with his forefinger in a manne r. Quite too ludicrous to be touching. However, he interested me.Have you any bonnet-pins I asked. I had been walking along all this time, and he was very obligingly accompanying me.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.