Excerpt from Wrostella's Weird Had not learned to shoot, yes, just like a man, I should not dare to lie down in my bed. She shifted her face a little to glance down at something lying among the xlitter of gold and silver toys something plain and work manlike, whose steel barrel shone brightly. Suzette will have it that we shall be robbed and murdered one night, she went on musingly; she says there are secret pas sages in the house, known to the peasants, and any one can get in who likes. Alphonse locks his door the poor, fat fellow is a coward; and, perhaps M. Laurent does the same. Heigho! I shall be glad when Terry comes back. There will be only one month more, and then Paris and love - not the. 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.