The Border of Blades

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Excerpt from The Border of Blades: An Anglo-Indian Romance"Who is that good-looking man passing the grand stand with Colonel Peyton?"Marjorie Danton nodded toward the tall, broad-shouldered man dressed in racing jacket, breeches, and solar topee, walking quickly toward the paddock.The flat mile for the Garrison Cup had just been finished, and the figure below the headquarters-staff box had caught her eye.There was something in the stride of the lithe, free-swinging form which spoke eloquently of the open places, of things and deeds worth while, and Marjorie Danton was still too new to the country to overlook these things.She had arrived only a week before to join her father, the General Officer commanding the Peshawur district, and as yet knew only a few of the European residents. Her companion, Captain Sydney Ballantyre, A.D.C. to the General, laughed at the words."It's a new thing to meet any one who does not know old Maxwell, Miss Danton, " he answered "Do you mean to say you haven't heard of the famous Maxwell?"Of course I have!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.