Excerpt from The Marbeau CousinsAll these details were carefully studied out by his hosts, for the lives of many of them called for the utmost caution in dealings with strangers, and revenue spies were not infrequently abroad. But the examinations always ended when the questioning gaze returned to the man's face, which was, while grave and immobile, singularly Open and trust-inspiring, the face of a man then under self - control only by powerful efforts and wearing a record that was indefinable if it stood not for mental suffering.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.