Excerpt from The Judgment Books: A Story At a corner of the lawn, lying full length on a wicker sofa beneath the shade of the trees, lay Jack Armitage, also irresponsibly drowsy. He would have said he was meditating. Being-an artist, he conceded to himself the right to meditate as often and as long as he pleased, but just now his meditations were entirely confined to vague thoughts that it was tea-time; and that, on the whole, he would not. Have another pipe; so he thrust his hands into his coat pockets and only thought about tea. Perhaps the familiar and still warm bowl of his favorite brierwood was re sponsible for his change of intention; in any case, it is certain that he drew it out and began to fill it with the care ful precision of those who know that the good gift of tobacco is squanderedif it is bestowed aimlessly or carelessly into its censer. 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.