Excerpt from A Lapse of Memory, and Other Stories Jacques drove on along the dusky road, and soon they came in sight of a confused mass of dark objects struggling on the ground. A carriage had been upset, and the horses were entangled in the reins and traces. A light moved hither and thither like a will-o'-the-wisp. Descending from the vehicle, Lisle advanced with hasty steps. He heard a voice crying faintly for help, and went over to the door of the upset con voyance. Opening it with some difficulty, he found inside a woman, and another - apparently lifeless form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.