Excerpt from The Last Days of Pompeii, Vol. 2 of 2 The slave urged on the mules - they went swift over the uneven and stony road - the clouds thickened, near and more near broke the thunder, and fast rushed the dashing rain. Dost thou fear? Whispered Glaucus, as he sought excuse in the storm to come nearer to Ione. 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.