Excerpt from Her Dignity and Grace, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale; By H. C<br><br>Instances, to regale themselves on these deli cacies at the houses of their friends in the town. When the market was over, Ulsford relapsed into its wonted repose and neatness; but beauty it had not. The market-place, with its centre stone cross, was a. Good-sized square, from Which short and not very wide streets stretched away. The church and Vicarage were in the principal street. The post-office, the magistrates' offices, and the small bank, with the market-hall and the best shops, were in the market-place. Some small inns were dispersed about the town - one especially noticeable in our story was the nearest to the market-place, but in a bye street, and was the most modest in appearance of them all. It was called The Traveller's Rest, and its accommodation was in keeping with its unpre tending name; a rest it was, clean and wholesome, for those who required it, but they were of the humbler class, and no gentry were ever seen within its doors. It was a place of call for carriers, and did a little business of its own in that line. It was kept by one Ned Staples and his Wife Sally, a homely pair Who believed in the adage of early to bed and early to rise.<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.