Excerpt from The Man in the Iron Mask, Vol. 2: Being Adventures of the Vicomte De Bragelonne; The D'artagnan Romances In all probability she did not recognize him, for she uttered a deep sigh of anguish and distress. Louis fixed his eyes devouringly upon her face; and when in the course of a few moments her wandering looks returned to the king, she recognized him and endeavored to tear herself from his embrace. 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.