Excerpt from Household Puzzles Helen came in from the white world outside, bringing flakes of snow on her cloak and sodden lumps of it on her rubbers. One rubber leaks, was her announcement; one foot is as wet as water. I do Wish I had a new pair. Of feet? Queried Ermina, turning from the outside snow. Now, I should like a new pair of almost anything conceivable, except feet; I am very well satisfied with the ones I have. A glance at her trim, well-shapen foot would not have led you to feel surprise at this conclu sion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.