Excerpt from The Chaplet of Pearls, Vol. 2 of 2: Or, the White and Black Ribaumont Nearly six weeks had been spent in struggling along the cross-roads, or rather in endless delays; and when at last they came on mo re frequented ways, with better inns, well paved chaussees, and horses more fit for use, Berenger was almost beyond feeling the improvement. At their last halt, even Philip was for waiting and sending on to Paris to inform Sir Francis Walsingham of their situation 3 but Berenger only shook his head, dressed himself, and imperatively signed to go on. It was a bright morning, With a clear frost, and the towers and steeples of Paris presently began, to appear above the poplars that bordered the way but by this time Berenger was reeling in his saddle, and he presently became so faint and dizzy, that Philip and Humfrey were obliged to lift him from his horse, and lay him under an elm-tree that stood a little back from the road. Look up, sir, it is but a league further, quoth Humfrey I can see the roof of the big Church they call Notre Dame. 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.