Excerpt from Eli's Children, Vol. 2 of 3: The Chronicles of an Unhappy FamilyJulia and Cynthia met him one day by Tom Morrison's cottage, leaning against the doorpost and talking to little Polly.He had stared hard at them and then Slouched away, Polly apologizing for his presence.You see, Miss Julia, Miss Cynthia, he's my husband's own brother, and we don't want him to feel that we turn our backs upon him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.