Her Fortune Her Misfortune: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Her Fortune Her Misfortune: A Novel<br/><br/>Time - Present. Scene - Bluepoint - that resort of millionaires to which it is as difficult for a poor man to gain admittance as it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.<br/><br/>Marygold Dare, heiress, has just arrived at The Castle, her aunt, Mrs. Castleton's, summer residence at Bluepoint.<br/><br/>Every August since she was left an orphan five years ago she has spent here, not from desire - did she con sult her desire she would never set foot within it - but from duty; and as duty is a mighty tedious thing (ex cept to saints, and Marygold is no saint!) August is the longest month in the calendar in her estimation.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>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.