Excerpt from The King's Mail, Vol. 1 of 3 Whether such an occurrence ever did, or did not take place, matters little as far as a work of fiction is concerned, although, being native there and to the manner born, my fair in formant - and I am sure no one will question this fact - may be supposed to have a satisfactory knowledge of that portion of Sussex in which my story lies, and be possessed of certain hear say tales, facts, or scandals belonging to the district. 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.