Excerpt from The Village on the Cliff The woman did not look round or make any move ment, and remained quite still, a quiet figure against the long line of coast, staring at the receding tide. Some sailors not far off were shouting to one another, and busy with a fishing smack which they had dragged up high and dry, and safe from the water. Presently one of the men came plodding up over the shingle, and I asked him if he wanted his boat. Even if I wanted it, I should not think of disturbing you and Mademoiselle Reine, ' answered the old fellow. He had a kindly puzzled weather beaten face. Remain, remain, ' he said. 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.