Excerpt from Miranda, Vol. 3: A Midsummer Madness Ah! He said, that clears the way. Would you mind coming to lunch with me at the 'white Lion Hotel' to-day, at two o'clock? My wife will be there. I have a particular reason for asking you, which is connected with my desire to protect ladies from insult. About the Publisher 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.