Excerpt from Walter's Word, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel Of the carriage, has acquired his pile of newspapers, seen his traps put into the next compartment, and with his head out of window, and his travelling-cap upon it, is urging the guard to signal All right, since there is surely nothing more to wait for. The two nervous sisters, who, when they must needs travel on those horrid railways, always' do so together, that in death they may not be divided, are sitting, silent, hand in hand, hoping the best, and expecting the worst: their advertisement, addressed To those who prefer the road to the rail, and are willing to share the expenses of posting to Exeter, having met with no response: they were journey proud, and could eat no breakfast but they have some sandwiches in a hand-bag, of which they will partake at Swindon, when the train (thank Heaven!) is stationary for ten minutes, and all danger, save that of being run into, is temporarily suspended: as for getting out, that is out of the question, for these horrible trains never wait for ladies, and they would be sure to be left behind. The bride and bridegroom about to pass their honeymoon in Devonshire have also. 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.