Excerpt from Fallen Fortunes, Vol. 3: A Novel
"Oh Mamma! Kitty! news, news!" cried Tony, running joyfully into his mother's room one morning. She was not yet up; yielding to her daughters' entreaties and to the monitions of her own growing sense of weakness, she had of late consented to take her morning meal in her bedroom.
As her son entered, she rose from the pillow with eager eyes.
"What news, my child ? It is not post-time yet. How can there he news?"
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