The Whirlwind

Excerpt from The WhirlwindShe slowly crossed the great glittering room of the reflecting floor to the north side, where a thronelike seat had been prepared for her. As she walked along, with out a trace of self-consciousness or personal superiority, glances of love and admiration followed her, and a sort of frightened hush, which was the tribute always paid by the public to the superlative physical perfection of Eliza beth Petrovna.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.