Standard Novels, Vol. 35 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Standard Novels, Vol. 35 "Help yourself, and pass the wine, Mousetrap" said Maxwell, the surgeon, sitting after dinner tete-a-tete with the tame man of his family, Mr. Godfrey Moss. "´Gad," said Moss, "what would the world think if they heard me, a quiet, middle-aged, retired country gentleman, dignified by the nickname of Mousetrap?" "Fairly earned by yourself," replied the surgeon. "Dubbed Mousetrap by a young lady, you surely cannot dislike the appellation; - besides, as you know, you have borne it now some few years in this house." "Two or three and twenty, as I reckon," said Moss, "for it certainly arose in the first instance from your daughter Kitty´s being unable to speak plain; and she is now, I rather think, somewhere about her five and twentieth year." "It certainly arose from your own whimsical character," replied Maxwell: "my poor wife pronounced you a misanthrope; and so Kitty, who could pronounce nothing properly, contrived, by way of making the best of it, to jumble the word into Mousetrap - in which gin of hers you have ever since remained." "With a little of yours to boot, Maxwell. 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.
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