Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Jack of the Mill, Vol. 2 of 2: Commonly Called Lord Othmill; Created, for His Eminent Services, Baron Waldeck, and Knight of Kitcottie; A Fireside Story And as for you, why I see no cause of dis content at all. You are not so tall as I am, to be sure; but, you are young, and not yet by several years at full growth. To my thinking, you are considerably taller than when you came here, and, for aught I see, may yet be of the middle height; and how many of the greatest kings and heroes have been no more. 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.