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Excerpt from Lizzie Lorton of Greyrigg: A Novel
He might be seen daily stretching his lean legs in long strides over the mountains; but as he generally avoided the high road and wandered ofl' among the crags and mountain tops, his tremendous walks were not occasion for much intimate intercourse with his neigh bors. By many he was looked upon with a little distrust, as not all there off at side, as they called it; a few believed him not quite canny, and knowing more of things diabolical and unhallowed than became a Christian gentleman; while at home he was a mere cipher - ah animated figure - as quiet as a mouse, giving no more trouble, and pos sessing no more influence. He had served in India, but he never liked his profession; and when his father died he sold out and came back to the old place, glad to be able to live at last the life of solitude and study he had desired from boyhood. And as he was a man without social instincts or political pre dilections the Sleepy Hollow of Langthwaite suited him to a hair, as he used to say. 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.
