Excerpt from The Invisible Gentleman, Vol. 1 of 3 When the nobility, gentry, and clergy had satisfied themselves with looking on, they again took a turn or two to admire or to eriti cise the arrangements made for their reception, and guess at the probable amount that the old knight would leave behind him on' his exit, an event which they all agreed must soon occur. And, perhaps, that was the only subject upon which all opinions did agree, though the ladies declared that the heir was certainly a very fine young 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.