Excerpt from The Veiled Picture, or the Mysteries of Gorgono, the Appennine Castle of Signor Androssi: A Romance of the Sixteenth Century D' Orville ordered his carriage at an early hour, and Emily observed that he appearedd silent and dejet ted 011 the way home, but, supposing it might arise from the company and place he had quitted, she thought it would in a short time be removed. Week after week passed, however, and the Oppiession of his spinte and langum increasing, a physician was called 111, who immediately presciibed the air af Provence, whithc1 they prepared immediately to depart, having first discharged all the servants, except Thelesa, to counterbalance the expences of their excursion. As the clock struck tu elve, E mily had just finished packing up her books and inst1uments, u hen, in returning to her own 10cm, she observed that ot he1 father standing wide Open. 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.