Excerpt from The Black Watch, Vol. 2 of 3 Is the general at home? Inquired the stranger, of the old man who opened the door, and who stood at the entrance in all the pomp of office, with ribbon knots at his knees, and his head bewigged like a common council man. 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.