Excerpt from The Case of General Ople and Lady CamperShe rarely differed with her father, up to whom, taking example from the world around him, she looked as the pattern of a man of wise conduct.And he was one; and though modest, he was in good humor with himself, approved himself, and could say that, without boasting of success, he was a satisfied man until he met his touchstone in Lady Camper.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.