Excerpt from Tales of Two Countries A blue lake is deeply set in mountains capped with eternal snow. A dark net work oi gardens descends in gorgeous folds to the water. White houses that look like lumps of sugar peer down from the bank into the lake and everything around is as quiet and peaceful as the sleep Of a child. It is morning. A perfume of flowers is wafted gently from the mountains. The sun is new risen and the dew still glistens on the leaves of trees and the petals of flowers. A road like a grey ribbon thrusts into the quiet mountain gorge - a stone-paved road which yet looks as soft as velvet, so that one almost has a desire to stroke it. Near a pile Of stones sits a workman, like some dark coloured beetle; on his breast is a medal; his face is serious, bold, but kindly. 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.