Excerpt from The Historical Romances of Georg Ebers, Vol. 1 The bishop was followed by a secretary clad in black, with a portfolio under his arm; the leech, by an elderly assistant. The fine features of the Bishop of Arras, which revealed a nature capable of laughter and enjoy ment, now looked as grave as his companion's-a fact which by no means escaped the notice of the courtiers in the corridor, but no one ventured to approach them with a question, although - it had begun to rain again - they stopped before going out of doors and stood talking together in low tones. 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.