Excerpt from Horatio Howard Brenton, Vol. 1 of 3: A Naval NovelWithout saying anything more they walked side by side to Margaret's boudoir, and then everything was explained, but, naturally, nei ther of them said anything about the mistaken embrace.Charles Lancaster could never make out how Clara and Henry had become friends in so short a time. It was not his way. Before he formed a friendship he first brooded over it with an anguish of hope and fear, and then held it tight to his heart, as if he feared that every Wind that blew would tear it from him. But here were Henry and Clara on terms of growing intimacy already, whilst he was only. Asking himself Why he started if he only heard the utterance of her name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

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