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Excerpt from The Shepherd of the Pyrenees A little more than a hundred years ago, there dwelt in Languedoc, which is one of the southern provinces of France, and bordering on the Pyrenean mountains, a certain great Baron and his Lady, who had two children, Theophilus and Sophia. These children, who were exceedingly beauti ful, were twins. Theophilus was the eldest, and Sophia the youngest. It was one of the prettiest sights in the World, to see these little infants asleep, and lying together in one cradle. 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.