Excerpt from The Friend of Death: A Fantastic Tale Gil Gil was the son, grandson, great-grandson, great great-grand son, and heaven knows what besides, of the most renowned family of Cobblers in the Capital, and in coming into the worldhe had caused the death of his mother, Crispina Lopez, whose father, grandfather, great-grand father, and great-great-grandfather had also practiced with honor the same trade of shoemaking. 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.