The Traitor's Son A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Traitor's Son: A Novel He was not an old man in years, though his hair was white, and the well-worn Continental uniform hung loosely on his wasted frame. His features were large, well molded, and strong; upon his face was the expression of one who is weary of life; in his deep-set grey eyes smoldered still the fires of a once fearless manhood, but about him had settled the shadow of a miserable tragedy, against which he seemed to have struggled in vain, until at last he had resigned himself to await with what patience he could the coming of Death to release him. What ever the future held for him, he felt, could be no worse than the shadow of disgrace that had over cast his life for so many years. The man's slender fingers plucked nervously at the buttons of his coat, and at every sound outside in the hall he would glance at the door, with a look of mingled eagerness and dread. At length the door opened softly, and a woman entered. Placing a lovely, full-blown pink rose in his hand, she kissed his forehead gently. She was a beautiful woman. 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.