Excerpt from The Mother-Light: A NovelUp went the curtain at the Garden Theatre on the third act of the Morals of the Marchioness. A boudoir - the Marchioness"s; her maid Therese moving about alone.She lit lamps, she drew curtains, she straightened rugs, she arranged cushions - she touched and lingered upon each of the costly articles the management had assembled and advertised for that crucial act. Her close-fitting black costume with white at the neck and wrists gave her long, slim figure its opportunity. But, more than by figure or by grace, she pleased because she radiated that mystery of attraction called personal magnetism - strong and silent and mysterious as gravitation, its corresponding force in the universe of matter. At the rise of the curtain the audience had immediately applauded - that was for scenery and settings. As Therese made her exit, there was more, and more vigorous, applause - that was the unconscious tribute to her unconscious magnetism.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.