Excerpt from Louisiana Olivia ferrol leaned back in her chair, her hands folded upon her lap. People passed and repassed her as they promenaded the long gal lery, as it was called; they passed in couples, in trios they talked with unnecessary loudness, they laughed at their own and each other's jokes; they flirted, they sentimentalized, they criticised each other, but ne of them showed any special interest in Olivia Ferrol, r did Miss Ferrol, on her part, Show much interest in them. 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.