Excerpt from The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future Truding, lustreless eyes the tip of her small nose to protest feehly against the injustice of being well-nigh walled from si t between the mas sive flabby cheeks on either si e of its never classic and distinctly parsimonious proportions. With over sleep and over-eating she had matured into a stupid and somewhat obstinate woman, with a habit of say'ilaig unmeaningly nice or nasty thingsz - she wo afiectionately to all and sundry, - to the mai who fastened her shoes as ardently as to a friend of many years standing, et she would mock her own guests behind their bac s, or unkindly criticise the physical and mental defects of the very man or woman she had flattered obsequiously five minutes before. So that she was not exactly a safe acquaintance, - you never knew where to have her. But, - as is often the case with these lacidly smiling, obese ladies, - everyone seemed to in a conspiracy to call her sweet, and dear and kind, whereas in very truth she was one of the most 881581) souls extant. Her charities were always carefully considered and bestowed in quar ters where she was likely to get most credit for them, - her profusely expressed sympathy for other people's troubles exhausted itself in a few moments, and she would straightway forget what form of loss or misfortune she had just been commiserating, while, d ite her proverbial clear and sweet at tributes, 0 had a sulky temper which would hold her in its grip for days, during which time she would neither speak nor be spoken to. Her chief interest and attention were centred on eatables, and she al wa made a point of going to breakfast in advance of er husband, so that she might select for herself the most succulent morsels out of the regulation dish of fried bacon, before he had a chance to look in. Husband and wife were always arguing with each other, and both were always wrong in each other's. 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.