Excerpt from The House of the Wolf: A Romance Francois Villon, man-oi - letters, poet, vagabond, and thief, becomes involved in a tavern brawl, where murder is done. Terror-stricken and penniless, he flies into the winter streets of Paris, dreading pur suit and seeking shelter. Perishing with cold and hunger, he knocks at a house where a light is shin ing, and craves succor. Ah old knight admits him, warms him and feeds him, and discourses with him curiously upon poverty and honor, the distinction between soldiers and thieves, until the vagabond poet's impudence and effrontery so excite the ire of the old noble that he turns out the shameless one. 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.