Excerpt from Dulcie Carlyon, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel A new emotion - a hot thirst for blood was in the heart of Florian now; his whole nature seemed to have undergone a sudden and temporary change; and to those who could have seen him his face would have been found deadly pale, and his dark eyes full of sombre fury. The longing for retribution and destruction was keen in his mind at that time. Often he reined up the horse he rode to take a steady Shot between the animal's quivering ears at one or other Of the two desperadoes; but always missed them, and found that time was thus lost and the distance increased. 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.