Excerpt from The Last Signal, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel Miriam did not speak a single word until she reached her own room, and then she fell down on her knees by the bed and buried her face in her hands, while her whole form shook with suppressed sobs. 'You mustn't really, Miss Miriam, ' said Ford, in a warning whisper; 'just think if they were to hear - let me give you some sal volatile - men are not worth it, none of them.' 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.