Excerpt from The Lord Protector A long, shrill whistle rang through the woods. It was not loud, but penetrating, and went far into the forest, sliding past oak and beech, until it lost itself in still, dark deeps of green foliage and thick undergrowth. For a moment the blackbird ceased his song; the brown squirrel lay flat against the mottled chest nut bough, whereon he was frisking, and the fox, already afoot and ready to take the road, crouched low in his cover, with ears laid back, and but for the faint flick of his brush, seemed no more than a boulder. 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.