Excerpt from The Marquis of Carabas, Vol. 1 of 3: A Story of to-DayThis special morning, however, there was something striking and peculiar, and even awful, in the Marquis's loneliness. One who had then entered this room must have been drawn to. Him by the pathos and the pain of his face, even if he had been also repelled by the pride, haughtiness, and amazement of its semi - conscious stare. Yet such a one would, it is probable, have failed to arouse the least attention on the part of that lonely figure.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.