Orchardscroft the Story of an Artist (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Orchardscroft the Story of an Artist "You ought to bless your stars," Bill's wife said. She was, like Bill, a skeptic, but believed in stars, as most skeptics, and all women, do. Bless his stars, indeed! Bill scowled. He was of the skeptical minority that do not even believe in stars, and that bless nothing. It was a blooming shame, he said, using lamentable metaphor, that for eighteen shillings a week he should have to work during twelve hours daily for millionaires. (He was in the employ of a respectable little firm.) He would like to know what man would not agitate under the circumstances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.