Lady Perfecta

Excerpt from Lady Perfecta: Translated From the Spanish He had not finished speaking when the' engine driver, recalled to the urgent duties of his office, walked off, leaving our unknown cavalier with the words on his lips. This latter perceived another of the employés approaching him, with a lantern swinging in his right hand, which moved to the measure of his step, projecting geometrical series of luminous undulations. The light fell on the ground, forming a zig-zag similar to that described by a Shower from a watering-pot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.