Excerpt from The Story of a Royal Favourite, Vol. 2 of 3 In England, an ugly woman is a female Cain. Conscious that the mark of reprobation is upon her, she gives herself up in despair; for to attempt to improve her appearance by dress, would be esteemed a flying in the face of Providence. - All she has to do is to skulk through life, with her veil down; getting through her threescore years and ten as quietly as she can; neither seen, nor heard, nor thought of! 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.