Excerpt from Marm Lisa As a matter Of fact, the trees had always been stunted and stubby, the plants had never been tended, and all the paint had been worn off the benches by successive groups Of working-men out Of work. As for the wire fence, it had been much used as a means of ingress and egress by the children Of the neighbourhood, who pre ferred it to any Of the gateways, which they considered hopelessly unimaginative and commonplace, Offering no resistance to the budding man Of valour or woman Of ambition. Eden Place was frequented mostly by the children, who found it an admirable spot to squabble, to fight, and to dig up the hapless earth; and after them, by persons out Of suits with fortune. These (generally men) adorned the shabby benches at all times, Sleeping, smoking. 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.