Sardia
A Story of Love (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sardia: A Story of Love<br><br>"Thrift, thrift Horatio! the funeral baked meats<br>Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables."<br>Hamlet.<br><br>It was the evening of their marriage day. It had been a singular wooing and as odd a wedding. The bridal party had made the little trip from the old home stead to the seaside villa, and the ladies had retired to their rooms. Ralfe Fielding, the groom, and Guy Thorne, his groomsman, hurriedly entered the library. "I really don't know what to do about it!" exclaimed Fielding. "The telegram is imperative! I cannot let this business go! It is of the utmost importance. And besides, my uncle's old partner calling me to his death-bed! How can I refuse"<br><br>"You cannot, in common decency," said Guy, decidedly. "You will be obliged to go! Let's see!" consulting a guide-book. "You can leave here at eleven o'clock and get there to-morrow morning."<br><br>"But Helen" queried Ralfe, impatiently. "I suppose she must be told And on our wedding-day, too! What will she think Women go into hysterics over every little thing."<br><br>"Every little thing!" echoed Guy, slightly astonished.<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.