The Furnace

The Furnace

CHAPTER I. YOUTH IN THE CITY CHAPTER II. THE IMPRESSION-SEEKER CHAPTER III. OF MENTAL STANDPOINTS CHAPTER IV. BLIND WALLS CHAPTER V. BAL'S BAY CHAPTER VI. GRADONI CHAPTER VII. RETROSPECT WITH THE SEARCH-LIGHT CHAPTER VIII. BROKEN BARRIERS CHAPTER IX. FURNACE FLAMES CHAPTER X. BETTY AND TOMMY CHAPTER XI. THE ETERNAL ROADS CHAPTER XII. THE ROADS DIVIDE CHAPTER XIII. PINE-BARK BOATS BY THE SAME AUTHOR Royalty was arriving in the harbour in a steam-yacht. It had, that is, already arrived in the harbour; it was now disembarking on the pier. It was an interesting event. An edified crowd watched it; representatives of the Press jotted down their impressions; some took photographs. A few drew pictures instead. The representative of the Marchese Peppino, an illustrated paper widely perused in certain circles, drew pictures; one might gather that it was his intention to be funny, later, when he had leisure to amplify. Marchese Peppino always had that intention, and its readers, whose judgment of humour was possibly, however, not of the most delicate or polished type, considered that it usually fulfilled it. The drawings now in process of production were, before they were amplified at leisure, really quite like life; later they would become less so, but no doubt more entertaining. They seemed to be a little funny even now. A man looking over the artist's shoulder giggled and dug him in the ribs. The artist was a nonchalant young man, who did not seem to be amusing himself particularly, but to be working in a wholly professional and business-like spirit. He had quick eyes and clever fingers, and presumably, since he did his job really well, a suitably developed sense of the ludicrous. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 33482
Author: Macaulay, Rose
Release Date: Aug 22, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English