Excerpt from Maida: A Child of Sorrow Presently Maids s long, white fingers struck a chord a quiet one, she bent still lower over the piano, then, slight start, as if she had awakened from a dream, she looked round and in a voice, remarkable for its clear and mellow tones said, with a touch of gentle self-reproach: Are you there still, Carrie? I wish you would not You have been working so long - how long is it? I have to to ten Will you not put it away, to please me, dear? It oes not matter, indeed, it does not. I can wear my old one it looks very nice and fresh. 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.