Excerpt from The Sin of Angels On a certain noontide in July nearly a dozen summers ago, the difficulty in securing tables or even single places for dejeuner was frankly per plexing the management. The maitre d'hotel was in despair. The director had even condescended to leave his sacred retreat, where he dwelt as a myth upon Olympus no matter what the emergency below, and stood frowning at a situation so serious, - and in reality so much to his entire satisfaction, covering his complacency with a manner of anxiety that deceived no one. Many breakfast parties made up Of varying nationalities, aristocratic and assured, were standing unreckoned in the gala swarm that ate and drank unconcernedly before them. It was warm and bright after several days of cold rain, so the terrace Of course was earliest. 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.