Excerpt from The Recollections of a PolicemanI hastened home; and after dressing with great care - the best part of my wardrobe had been fortunately saved by Emily from the wreck of my fortunes - I proceeded to Lady Everton's mansion. I was immediately marshalled to the drawing-room, where I found her ladyship and her daughter - a beautiful, fairy looking girl - awaiting my arrival. Lady Everton appeared greatly surprised at my appearance, differing, as I daresay it altogether did, from her abstract idea of a policeman, however attired or disguised; and it was not till she had perused the note of which I was the bearer, that her haughty and incredulous stare became mitigated to a glance of lofty condescendent civility.Be seated, Mr. Waters, said her ladyship, waving me to a chair. This note informs me that you have been selected for the duty of endeavoring to extricate my son from the perilous entanglements in which he has unhappily involved himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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