Excerpt from Roccabella, Vol. 2 of 2: A Tale of a Woman's Life<br><br>Happy Rosamond, or poor Countess Rocca bella as she must now be called - the truths of her second married life began to break upon her ere a second time she reach ed that London which in old days had been her Mecca; and which, when attained, had proved so little sufficient to her happiness. She had not been able to make head against her handsome husband, in his will ing acceptance of her old neighbour's hospi tality. Yet as they drove to Mr. Shepherd's door - the next to her own in Park-street she felt as if she would give worlds, not merely not to be driving thither - but that her magnificent and gorgeous helpmate had showed less enjoyment in the proceeding.<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.