Excerpt from Sir John Vanbrugh, Vol. 2 One scene alone in le False Friend - the first of the fourth act, between Guzman and Jacinta - is originally Vanbrugh's: I am afraid it cannot be reckoned a brilliant effort of his genius. He has made some consequent alterations in the subsequent scene, in which Guzman con verses with Jacinta, and afterwards with Leonora, through the hole in the wall. With Le Sage, Don Garcie (guzman) frankly avows that he sought Leonora's chamber at night pour satisfaire son amour. He makes no attempt, as with Vanbrugh, to convince her of his innocence; sullenly accepts his dismissal; and ends by promising that she shall never see him more. In the Spanish piece he speaks to much the same purpose as with Le Sage. 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.