Recollections of a Happy Life Vol. 2 of 2: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Recollections of a Happy Life Vol. 2 of 2: Being the Autobiography of Marianne North<br><br>It became quite dark and the paintings were blown all about the garden in every direction. There was a grand scramble to gather them together and to get everything safely inside the house before the rain came which soon followed in torrents.<br><br>I went on to Amritsar where the hotel was not bad. At breakfast one of the officers told me he had been there some months and never yet had had the curiosity to see the Golden Temple! I went at once having picked up a garry-driver at the station who talked some English. It was a real gem half white marble lace-work and half gilt copper with rich dark hangings and carpets built out in the middle of a clear lake smooth as glass in which every line was accurately re?ected a long causeway of marble leading to it was always crowded with finely-dressed people. The lake was surrounded by trees and picturesque buildings. The holy book of the Sikhs was kept in the temple and no shoes were admitted all round the sacred tank. I set to work at once on a sketch and no one interfered with me the first day but on the second they said No orders give chair and would not let me sit even on my own anywhere. However I had done most of my work and did not care.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.