Excerpt from Her Husband's Friend One beautiful afternoon in the month of June, in the year 1870, two American gentlemen rode slowly up the Avenue des Champs Elysees, in the city of Paris? They had traversed the Place de la Con. Corde, with its obelisk, its fountains, and its mem cries of a great past; and, after creeping at that snail's pace which is the delight of the Parisian cocher along the magnificent way, they paused at the Arch of Triumph, which stands, the wonder of nations, in the Place de l' Etoile. Paris, always lovely from April to October, is at its best in June, and this particular afternoon was as nearly perfect as one could desire. 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.