Excerpt from Honoré De Balzac, Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English: Adieu, The Conscript, The Executioner, The Exiles, Louis LambertThe discouraged huntsman seated himself on one of the stones at the foot of the sign-post, laid aside his gun and his empty game-bag, and drew a long breath.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.