A Lass of Dorchester (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Lass of Dorchester<br><br>"Any glimpse of the Swallow yet, Joan"<br><br>"Nay, Sister Dorinda; though but a moment ago I thought I saw something moving just beyond the clump of maples where the river makes the double bend. 'Twas no doubt a bird flitting from limb to limb."<br><br>Mistress Dorinda Blew stood up beside her sister, Mistress Joan May, and she, too, leaned forward in the same intent attitude, shading her eyes with her hand.<br><br>"I thought our good ship with its precious cargo would have been here two hours agone," said Mrs. Blew again.<br><br>"No doubt the tide has been against them," replied Mrs. May, "or the Swallow may have encountered a drift of logs.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.