A Sovereign Remedy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from A Sovereign Remedy

The coincident exclamations and their sequent apology were separated by a crash, followed by a pause, during which the two cyclists who had collided picked themselves out of the dust unhurt and looked quickly at their ma chines; finally turning to each other with a smiling bien vaillance born of relief - for there was no denying that the affair might have been serious, and they were both conscious of sin.

It was my fault; I was looking at the view, said one of the two young men candidly. He was a trifle the taller, the broader, and distinctly the better looking; but they were both excellent specimens of clean, wholesome looking British manhood; curiously alike also, not only in feature, but in resolute adherence to the conventional type.

But so was I! Returned the other. His voice was the pleasanter, not perhaps so resonant, but with more modulation in it. Besides, your machine is damaged, and mine isn't - Oh! By George! I hadn't noticed the pedal, he added, following the other's look. He bent for closer inspection, then gave a laugh which was but half rueful; in truth, he was not altogether dissatisfied with this justice of Providence.

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Excerpt from A Sovereign Remedy

"Oh! Dash it all! ... I'm so sorry ...!"

"Oh! Dash it all! ... I'm so sorry ...!"

The coincident exclamations and their sequent apology were separated by a crash, followed by a pause, during which the two cyclists who had collided picked themselves out of the dust unhurt and looked quickly at their machines; finally turning to each other with a smiling bien-veillance born of relief - for there was no denying that the affair might have been serious, and they were both conscious of sin.

"It was my fault; I was looking at the view," said one of the two young men candidly. He was a trifle the taller, the broader, and distinctly the better looking; but they were both excellent specimens of clean, wholesome-looking British manhood; curiously alike also, not only in feature, but in resolute adherence to the conventional type.

"But so was I!" returned the other. His voice was the pleasanter, not perhaps so resonant, but with more modulation in it. "Besides, your machine is damaged, and mine isn't - Oh! by George! I hadn't noticed the pedal," he added, following the other's look. He bent for closer inspection, then gave a laugh which was but half rueful; in truth, he was not altogether dissatisfied with this justice of Providence.

"About equal - so we'll cry quits," he said.

"It means walking for us both," said the other with a shrug. "Are you going my way?"

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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.