Excerpt from No Hero I should be sorry to deny it, I am sure, for not to this day do I know what I did say on the occasion to which she evidently re ferred. But was it kind to break the silence of years with such a reference? Was it even quite decent in Catherine to ignore my ex istence until I could be of use to her, and then to ask the favour in her first breath? It was true, as she went on to remind me, that we were more or less connected after all, and at least conceivable that no one else could help her as I could, if I would. In any case, it was a certain satisfaction to hear that Cath erine herself was of the last Opinion. I read on. She was in a difficulty; but she did not say what the difficulty was. For one um worthy moment the thought oi money entered my mind, to be ejected the next, as the Cath erine of old came more and more into the mental focus. Pride was the last thing in which I had found her wanting, and her letter indicated no change in that respect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at 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.