Excerpt from Aline, Vol. 3: An Old Friend's StoryHe stood for some time, idly regaling his senses with the su'rrounding delights afforded them - but soon turned his attention to the living features of the scene the group of spectators like himself, and the larger body of devout worshippers, standing or kneeling in those marble courts.On a group, apparently of the latter class, his eye was finally arrested.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.