Excerpt from The Princess Far-Away: A Romantic Tragedy in Four Acts The deck of a vessel which seems to have gone through a long and terrible voyage. One can see traces of storm, sails in rags, broken yards, tangles of rope, a mast leaning. There are evidences of battle, spots of blood, scattered weapons. Night is ending. Shadows grey and transparent. Paling sky. Vanishing stars. Sea violet under streaks of mist. The horizon cloudy. The lighting in the course of the act changes gradually. 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.