Excerpt from Valentin, Vol. 2 of 2: A French Boy's Story of Sedan It was extremely wet on the night when Mark and I got back to Givonne. We did not arrive there until past eleven. My father, who had not expected us at all was still up, and let us in. To my unutter able surprise he kissed Mark before he kissed me Then he called for Jacques Cartier, who came half dressed out of the conciergerie, and he handed over Mark to the tender mercies of Jacques, saying. 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.