Excerpt from Madcap Violet, Vol. 3 of 3 Perhaps she did not quite know how it had all come about; how, in the midst of the trivialities of ordinary life, and the distractions of a holiday-trip, this tragic doom had overtaken her with swift, inevitable strides; but captive, as she was, and not a little bewildered by that sore aching of the heart, she nerved herself at this moment to act and think with promptitude and decision. And indeed, although there was much of impulsive romanticism in the girl, there was a good deal of plain common sense too; and she had a keen sense of honour. 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.