Excerpt from Dark Scenes of History Hark, a door opens. It is that of the ante-chamber; and the wind which it admits shakes the door of the hall, and makes it rattle on its hinges. Other sounds find their way in also those of voices laughing and talking. They are soon excluded, as the door of the ante room is closed again; and then a man, in the dress of a servant, enters, bearing a lighted taper. His step is slow and quiet and one by one he lights the candles in the sconces, arranges the seats more orderly round the table, and retires. 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.