Excerpt from The Secret Foe, Vol. 1 of 3: An Historical Novel Am: the horses ready asked Captain Fitz maurice, turning abruptly from the Window at which he had been standing to question his servant, who entered the room at the moment. N o, sir; the old church clock hath but just struck eleven, and you did not order the horses till half an hour later. Ah! Yes; time enough, observed his master quickly, a little confused, as it seemed. 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.