Excerpt from The Fiddler of Carne An old red-brick house, much darkened and weather-stained, with three rows of narrow windows beneath its red-tile roof, it stood fac ing the opening of the Seagate, a storey higher than its neighbours in the square. Over its main entrance, which was low and broad, in conspicuous contrast to its windows, was the signboard, whose original reds and umbers were so faded that the painting might fairly serve w as an impressionistic rendering of whatever the beholder pleased. The only distinct thing about it, in fact, was the legend it bore. 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 techlogy 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.