Excerpt from The Last Refuge: A Sicilian Romance So, then, said the Freiherr, half gravely, half whimsically, we understand each other. From this day forth my dependence shall be wholly on you. He raised his hand from the travertine halus trade and placed it, with a kind of fond appeal, upon young Bruno's shoulder. Yes, your eyes shall be my eyes; your senses shall be my senses. I shall see things as you see them, and feel them as you feel them; and the world that was so beautiful in my youth shall become beautiful once again. Bruno turned his dark eyes upon his new found friend in a glance that was full of good-will, and as full of sympathy as his years would allow. 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.