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Excerpt from House of Torment: A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Philip II of Spain at the English Court
I never could learn Spanish, the elder man replied, wagging his head. F ather Chilches tried to teach me often of an afternoon When you were hawking. What does the word mean in essence? Groom of the body, father - equerry. It is doubtless because I speak Spanish that it hath been given 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.
