Excerpt from The Lion's Skin, And, the Lover HuntON the side of the road, between Compiegne and Verberie, may be seen an isolated house, well known to those who dwell on the borders oho Oise and the royal forest, as it is there for a consideration they procure shelter, when, drawn away from their household gods by a vagabond izing fancy, they come to wait for the passing of the public conveyances.At the close of a beautiful evening in Septem ber, 1838, a man, wearing a blue blouse and a cap of imitation otter skin, was thus playing the part of a traveller in expectation. The arrival of a diligence, on its way to Paris, put an end to the group which had been collecting for more than an hour at the door of the in, whose hospitality the state of his pulse had probably forbidden hi? To seek.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.