The Mystery of Ardennes, Le Mystère D'ardennes

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Excerpt from The Mystery of Ardennes, Le Mystère D'ardennes: A Drama in Five ActsMes. I suppose it is the effect of too much mental labor, too many business cares M. Dubois.Duo. M. Mesnard, I am a plain, blunt man, I usually Speak my mind, and call things by their right names. Your mental labor is of a kind not likely to improve the mind, or elevate the soul. It par takes too much of late hours, too much of cards and the dice-box, too much of strong liquors, sir. You are what the world calls a fast man, you are on the road to ruin and disgrace you are traveling fast, you will reach your destination soon.Mes. M. Dubois, this language to me is insulting, is unexpected, unmerited, uncalled for. You are an old man and your age protects you. I, sir, am a gentleman, and expect to be treated as such.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.