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Excerpt from Woodroffe, Vol. 1 of 3 At first Constance would infinitely have pre ferred to stay at home. She was quite unused to the company of children, and experienced agonies Of shyness and discomfort. But gradu ally matters began to improve. She made two or three special friends, chiey girls Older than herself, who protected and patronised her, and put her at her case; and as the shyness wore off she began greatly to look forward to any Of the small dissipations which came in her way. They were not numerous, for Maple shire was not very thickly populated, and of the country houses there were some which had no children; still there was sufficient intercourse with girls of her own age to prevent the child becoming shy and awkward, and in her aunt's Opinion the change did her very marked good. 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.