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Excerpt from The Match Girl, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel I felt alarmed at his appearance, but fear soon yielded to surprise, when he exclaimed in a hurried tone, Captain Hildebrand, I am come to confess my guilt - I am a villain yet I thank Hea ven, not so great a one as he who insti gatedme to act unworthily; but cri minating another cannot extenuate my conduct; therefore briey to the point do not interrupt me, listen in silence. 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.