Old Court; a Novel

Excerpt from Old Court a Novel <p>Ome two-and-twenty years ago, a remarkably handsome young man, plainly attired, but of gentlemanlike appearance, and looking like an officer in the army, rode into the yard of the Bell, at Aylesford, in the pleasant county of Kent, and consigning his horse, who seemed to have done a good day's work, to the ostler, entered the inn. As he passed through a side-door into the house, he encountered the landlord, a stout red-faced man, who, bowing obsequiously, ushered him into a small parlour. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.