The Fortunes of the Ashtons, Vol. 1: The Mysteries of the Court of London (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Fortunes of the Ashtons, Vol. 1: The Mysteries of the Court of London Months passed on, and Bertram Vivian became steadiness itself. Scrupulously keeping secret his acquaintance with the Lacey family, he withdrew himself from the society of Hugh and his companions, love rendering him utterly indifferent to the taunts which a false shame would not at one time have suffered him to endure. His brother fancied that he was seized with a studying fit, and being at length tired of endeavouring to draw the bookworm, as he called him, from his pursuits, he vented his annoyance in such terms as milksop and saint, and ultimately left Bertram altogether to his own courses. Thus, all the time that the younger brother could spare from his studies and some too which he pilfered therefrom he passed at Captain Lacey's house. 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.