Excerpt from Boy and Girl Heroes Down the broad stairway of the palace came a tall, fair-haired maiden of about fifteen years. She wore a gown of rich velvet, and a cloak of royal ermine hung from her shoulders. Upon her head was a net of gold set with pearls, and many jewels glittered at her throat. She was the Lady Elizabeth, Princess of England. As she joined the group of young girls awaiting her, she noticed a strange horse tied beside the King's at the foot of the terrace. "Whose steed is that?" she asked. 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.