Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tea-Table Talk, Ennobled Actresses, and Other Miscellanies, Vol. 2 of 2 With a rashness that partook of recent fever's wild delirium, I rushed from the scene which had closed upon my happiness; for I had a pride iii grief that urged me to shun the observation of those who were the authors of it, and my wounded spirit longed to flee away and be at rest. But where might rest be found to a heart pierced and lacerated like mine? Reason, it was true, had not altogether abdicated her throne; but she kept her uncertain tenure with little more power than to brood sullenly over the ravages made in her empire by an insidious and cruel fee. 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.