Uncle Jack Etc (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Uncle Jack Etc<br><br>"I suppose, my dear," said Cicely, sometimes called Cis, which you must not pronounced Kiss - as the schoolgirls, poor things, are taught to pronounce their Latin - but like this: Siss - Siss - Siss - soft and pretty. "I suppose, my dear, that, although we are truly the most unhappy girls in all the world, that is no reason why we should make ourselves miserable"<br><br>"Why, no," replied Christina, with a little hesitation, "we are certainly most horribly unhappy girls, but yet it seems as if that is all the more reason why we should get what consolation we can."<br><br>"Of course it is," said Cicely. "And yet Harry was wondering, this morning, how could I possibly have the heart to play lawn tennis, our affairs being in so desperate a condition. Why, is it the only thing to prevent brooding over our misfortunes and going melancholy mad. As for himself, he went to play off his tie with so glum a face, that my heart bled for the poor boy. He said he knew he should lose it, through thinking about me."<br><br>At that moment the poor boy was sitting behind a cool claret-cup, in a tent, rejoicing in the laurels of the victor. Yet he, too, was a most unhappy young man, as you shall see immediately.<br><br>"As for Fred," replied Christina, "the dear boy's letters every day are so woe-begone that I have no heart for anything. He says that he can think about nothing at all but the dreadful turn of things, and that his gloomy chambers are ten times as gloomy as over. Poor dear!"<br><br>No doubt, chambers in Brick Court are gloomy, and in July they smell like stale bakehouses. That cannot be avoided, and therefore, the young man was perfectly justified in getting away from them.<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.