Excerpt from The Silk of the Kine: A Novel<br><br>What is swifter than the wind?' said Fionn. 'the mind of a woman,' said the maiden.<br><br>Margery NY guire sat in the horse-litter with the Transplanter's Certificate in her clenched hand. The traces of a long journey were on her dress, and from under her straw hat, with its faded ribbons, her little woe begone face looked back towards the east.<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.