Author: Fergus Hume
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-22
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780483638075
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Excerpt from The Opal Serpent Never! Never! Gobbled the turkey-cock. If you descend to the gutter you can wallow there. I'll cut you out of my will. Very good, sir, that's settled. Let us change the subject. But the Old gentleman was too high-spirited to leave well alone. He demanded to know if Paul knew to whom he was talking, inquired if he had read the Bible touching the duties of children to their parents, instanced the fact that Paul's dear mother would probably pine away and die, and ended with a pathetic reference to losing the prop of his old age. Paul listened respectfully and held to his own opinion. In defence of the same he replied in detail, I am aware that I talk to my father, sir, said be, with spirit; you never allow me to forget that fact. If another man spoke to me as you do I should prob ably break his head. I have read the Bible, and find therein that parents owe a duty to their children, which certainly does not include being abused like a pick-pocket. My mother will not pine away if you will leave her alone for at least three hours a day. And as to my being the prop of your old age, your vigor of language assures me that you are strong enough to stand alone. 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.
