Excerpt from Jean, Vol. 1The populous quarter of the Rue saint-antoine was deserted save for a few belated pedestrians kept from their beds by some unfriendly chance, or for those unhappy people whose occupations force them to turn night into day. The first mentioned walked with accelerated speed, which had in it a strong suggestion of fear, and they involuntarily and hurriedly passed to the other side of the street as soon as they saw anyone coming towards them, the second paused before each house to see that doors and shutters were securely fastened and, their mission accomplished, melted into the shadows.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.