Excerpt from The Mischief of Monica She was in a handsome - nay, a gorgeous - drawing room fitted up in the latest style: heavy with velvet, and rich with Color. On every side was luxury on every hand comfort. Above all, order reigned supreme. So much her eyes took in, and then, not being a young lady with a turn for furniture, she walked to the window and looked out. Her sister was already there, having also given utterance to a counter Well - and the two now regarded each other with curiously long faces and rueful eyes. 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.