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Excerpt from Crispin, Rival of His Master: A Comedy in One Act Valerie). You ask me that? You asked for leave of absence for a week, and I have seen nothing of you for the past month! Is that the way for a valet to behave? Crispin. But, Monsieur, I serve you when you pay me my wages. It seems therefore that I have as good reason as you to complain. 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.