At Twelve O'clock

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Excerpt from At Twelve O'clock: A Romance of Granada, A Drama in Five ActsScene I. - Street in a town on the southern coast of Spain. Morning. Storm threatening.Enter Leonardo.Leanardo. - The very elements, in scowling storms, do join their hands with my stern sovereign's wrath to hunt me down! For seven weary days and nights the winds and waves have battled for my life - now raised my ship to dizzy heights, then hurled it down to depths of gloom, which vomited, in turn, the wooden shell, to which we clung for life. And now, when off the treacherous sea, I find the coast deserted - bare of human life, as if a plague had stalked, hand-clasped with storms, to drive from me the people of my native land! - O Spain, dear Spain, that blind fanaticism should wrest away my sword and chain my arms from longer service in thy cause!Enter Rodrigo.One moment, sir. Can you direct me to the mansion of Don Altanero?Rodrigo. - Whose?Leonardo. - That of Altanero of Granada.Rodrigo. - [Turning and facing Leonardo] What, Leonardo of Leon! Welcome, good friend!Leonardo. - Well met, Rodrigo, ancient, worthy, philosophic friend!Rodrigo. - What war, affair of state, or royal mission brings you to this distant coast?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.