Written on Their Foreheads (Volume 1) (Paperback, UK ed.)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. As Martin Kerr and Edward Lorrain walked rapidly across the park, the Doctor came to the door to meet them, meditating slightly on what he was going to do. His nephew, Edward Lorrain, had long been cautioned never to refer to anybody or anything in. the asylum, and, though he had once told his friend that his uncle took charge of people who were not quite right in their minds, never alluded further to the subject; and as there were no signs of anything unusual in the part of the building to which he had been admitted, Martin Kerr came and went on his occasional visit, thinking very little of lunatics, and had now almost forgotten that somewhere in the house there were such people. On this Saturday, however, the veil was to be removed. The Doctor greeted the lads kindly, talked for a few minutes pleasantly about what then lay next their hearts, the rook-shooting in the park, and then said,' By the way, Edward, your aunt has got something to show you. You will find her in her room, and I will keep Kerr company till you return.' After his nephew had gone, the Doctor said, ' I am glad you like coming up here.' ' Yes, I am very glad indeed to come. It's glorious to get into the country again, and then it reminds me of home, only there are no hills here?at least, not large ones.' ' Well, I hope you will be able to come more often in future, and we shall not make such a stranger of you, but treat you as one of the family.' The Doctor here paused for a moment, and then said,' I suppose Edward has told you that we have a few people here whose minds are out of order.' ' Yes, he did tell me so once, but I never remember his saying anything more about them.' ' Now, in future, I propose that you and Edward shall dine and breakfast with us and our patients, as ...

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Imprint:	General Books LLC
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Robert Henry Elliot
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	70
Edition:	UK ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4589-5088-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-4589-5088-3
Barcode:	9781458950888

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