Excerpt from The Works of Don Francisco De Quevedo, Vol. 3 of 3: Containing the Life of Paul the Spanish Sharper Book Fortune in Her Wits; Proclamation by Old Father Time; A Treatise of All Things Whatsoever; Past, Present, and to Come. Letters on Several Occasions<br><br>WE got to Madrid at ten o'clock in the morn ing, and went lovingly together by courent to the houfe where Don Toribio's friends lived. A. Very old woman miferahly clad opened the door, he inquired for his friends, and the anfwer. Ed, they were gone out a-fecking. We conti ancd by ourfelves until noon, diverting the time.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.