Harlequinade: A Novel
Holloway Horn
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 20, 2018)
Excerpt from Harlequinade: A NovelMrs. Kennedy welcomed her son on his arrival as she would presently welcome his father. She was a quiet voiced lady with an intelligent face of matronly beauty. Maurice Kennedy was very like his mother, much more so than was Gwendoline his sister, the remaining mem ber of the family.Unlike most of the houses in the road, number eighty seven had no name. Mr. Kennedy had been firm on the point. Pretentious was his invariable reply when Gwendoline suggested a name, and, as Mrs. Kennedy agreed with him, he was able to remain firm.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.