Sorcery (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sorcery<br><br>There were four of us in the car coming down from Tantalus. Arthur Tay, our host, was driving, and beside him, bubbling over as usual with irrelevant humor, was my friend and fellow-traveler, Tommy Good, whom not even the approach of middle age had deprived of his irrepressible youthfulness. Far back in the tonneau, under the deep shade of the hood, I sat with my dignified and beautiful hostess, trying nervously to lead or follow a conversation which continually fell to pieces against the barrier of her apparent preoccupation.<br><br>There was that in the situation which puzzled and, in a way, appalled me.<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.