Excerpt from Princess Katharine For all her hurry, she seemed to approach the house with a certain stealthiness, whispering to Katty to be careful how she walked on the gravel. They went round the corner of the house. While they yet stood in the shadow, a door opened and a stream of light flowed out. Something odd and misshapen showed itself in the stream of light. The creature carried a pail upon its arm - his arm, for the figure seemed to be that of a stunted deformed boy. It passed rapidly across the light and into the shadow. N o sooner had the figure disappeared than J udy Duncan slipped through the lit doorway into the kitchen beyond. It was a big kitchen, the kitchen of a good-sized country-house. It was ill-lit by the one cheap lamp, which smelt atrociously; but it was very clean, although the walls were stained with smoke. There was a bright little fire on the hearth and a kettle was boiling on the hob. Before the fire lay a black cat, purring peacefully. 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.