{"product_id":"the-guilty-river-9781421893709","title":"The Guilty River","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wilkie Collins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: 1st World Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: 1st World Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOR reasons of my own, I excused myself from accompany-ing my stepmother to a dinner-party given in our neigh-borhood. In my present humor, I preferred being alone-and, as a means of getting through my idle time, I was quite content to be occupied in catching insects. Provided with a brush and a mixture of rum and treacle, I went into Fordwitch Wood to set the snare, familiar to hunters of moths, which we call sugaring the trees. The summer evening was hot and still; the time was between dusk and dark. After ten years of absence in foreign parts, I perceived changes in the outskirts of the wood, which warned me not to enter it too confidently when I might find a difficulty in seeing my way. Remaining among the outermost trees, I painted the trunks with my treacherous mixture-which allured the insects of the night, and stupefied them when they settled on its rank surface. The snare being set, I waited to see the intoxication of the moths.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1st World Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610950287511,"sku":"9781421893709","price":1157.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781421893709.webp?v=1775068117","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-guilty-river-9781421893709","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}