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Excerpt from A Mother's Trials If this was Fate which approached in the meantime, it heralded itself by the vulgar sound of a rapid Opening and closing of the door of the adjacent room. It is Charles, thought the young mother to herself, as she stood listening and I am here, Charles! She cried softly, aloud. She had scarcely spoken when her husband was beside her. You are always perverse, he exclaimed, impatiently; at this time you are perpetually in Victorine's room, and to-night you are here. Do you not wish me to be here said Amy, half amazed and half offended. Wish! What an absurd idea! What wish can I have on the matter, he said. However, I have been looking for you. I want you to walk with me. Go and tell Victorine to look after the child while you are out. 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.