Excerpt from The Comical Romance, Vol. 2 of 2: And Other Tales Monsieur Ragotin, quoth he, if it had been a little later I should verily have thought you had been drunk, notwithstanding, I cannot help believing that you are either a madman or a fool. To whom, for God's sake, do you think you are talking added he, and what a devil makes you to talk to me of schemes, and the influences of stars? Do you take me either for an astrologer or a magician? Prithee consider a little, Monsieur Ragotin, proceeded he. 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.