Excerpt from Judith Wynne, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel And Mrs. Reece went about the house much the same as heretofore, save that a rheumatic stiffness in one knee had made itself felt, and she was compelled to use a stick. The equable manner in which this lady bore her misfortunes, small or great, was a thing to be wondered over. Let her but be convinced that this sorrow or that annoyance was inevitable and irremediable, she at once accepted the situation of affairs, and endeavoured to adapt herself to it. Yet one could scarcely describe her's as the patience of Job' it had a something which the patriarchs lacked, and which could perhaps best be described as a cheery stoicism; and it had not a some thing which the patriarch's had - a full, deep chord of underlying faith and hope. 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.