Excerpt from The Company of Jehu, Vol. 1 IT is about a year since my old friend, Jules Simon, author of Devoir asked me to write him a novel for the J our nal pour Tous. I told him the subject of one which I had in my mind. It suited him; and we came to an agreement on the spot. The action took place from 17 91 to 1793, and the first chapter Opened at Varennes the evening of the king's arrest. I told Jules Simon that however impatient the Journal might be, I must have a fortnight before I began the book. I wanted to go to Varennes I had never been to Varennes. 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.