Excerpt from A Life for a Life, Vol. 1 of 3<br><br>I felt hot to my very temples. Oh, if we were all in Paradise, or a nunnery, or some place where there was neither thinking nor making of marriages!<br><br>I determined to catch Lisa when the waltz was done. She waltzes well, even gracefully, for a tall woman - but I wished, I wished-my wish was cut short by a collision which made me start up with an idea of rushing to the rescue; how ever, the next moment Treherne and she had recovered their balance and were Spinning on again. Of course I sat down immediately.<br><br>But my looks must be terrible tell - tales; for some one behind me said, as plain as if in answer to my thoughts.<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.