Excerpt from Rank and Fashion, or the Mazes of Life, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel<br><br>Called up to town in hopes of bettering his circumstances, after a residence of three months, deceived in his expectations, baf fled in other pursuits and, With the pres sure of half a century over his head, he again took to his staff and in the summer of the present year (1820) began a journey of 136 miles back to his native shire, on foot. The depression created by a review of his situation, was gradually subsiding; exhilerated by eiercise in the open air, he felt equanimity and then cheerfulness returning and, near the conclusion of his first day's march, on gaining the altitude that commands a view of Henly on Thames, where he intended to enjoy his.<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.