Excerpt from Red Towers, Vol. 1 of 3 Paul Romaine, who was the Colonel's friend by right of inheritance, in succession to his father, was a tall young fellow of three-and-twenty, so quiet in look and manner as to give outsiders no idea of the talents that had taken a First Class a few weeks before. He strolled along, slouching carelessly, by the Colonel's side; his eyes looked half asleep; his dark face, rather thin and delicately cut, expressed nothing but a sort of indifferent content. Paul was not a great talker, except now and then, when he had something to say. He let the Colonel talk, and knew how to listen which is not so easy as one thinks, and which no stupid man was ever capable of.' 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.