Excerpt from Vaga; Or a View of Nature, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel Captain Swaggeraro had taken up his quarters at an hotel, where, having dined alone, he was sitting over his wine, when the waiter inquired - "Captain! are you visible?" "To a dun - never." "But, then, to a gentleman of quality, sir?" - "Always," interposed the captain, "ready to meet my man." 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.