Excerpt from Nocturnal Visit, Vol. 3: A Tale As I was sitting one evening, absorbed in melancholy meditations, in a little sequestered bower in the garden, whither I had retired from the drawing-room, which was crowded with com pany, a sudden rustling amidst the surrounding trees alarmed me; and looking up, I beheld lord Gwytherin. Confused by his unexpected appear ance, for in my countenance I feared he could read what was passing in my heart, I started from my seat, and attempted to pass him 5 but he pre vented me. 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.