Excerpt from A Mainsail HaulNow this Don Alfonso he was a terror, he was; for they've got a licker in those parts. If you put some of it on a piece Of paint-work - and this is gospel that I'm giving you - that paint it comes Off like you was using turps. Now Don Alfonso he was a terror at that licker - and that 's the sort Of Dago-boy Alfonso was.Now Alfonso's mother was a widow, and he was her only child, like in the play.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.