Juggernaut

Juggernaut

When Esther rang the bell of Numro 86 Route de Grasse, she felt within her that pleasant sort of stage-frighta mixture of dread and exhilarationwhich one is apt to experience when venturing into the unknown. The thrill might be out of all proportion to the prosaic character of her missionfor what is there exciting in applying for a post as a doctor's assistant?yet there was no gainsaying the fact that when this door confronting her opened, anything, everything, might happen. That is the way Youth regards things. "Opportunitya door open in front of one." So in earlier years her Latin teacher had dilated on the inner meaning of the word. Esther smiled reminiscently and congratulated herself that she was not going tamely back to her work in America, choosing instead, when she found a door open, to enter and explore on the other side. Numro 86 was a conventional and dignified villa, noncommittal in appearance, like a hundred others. Clean windows blinked in the sunshine, the doorstep was chalky white, the brass plate on the lintel glittered with the inscription, "Gregory Sartorius, M.D." Beside the gate a mimosa shook out its yellow plumage against the sky. Mimosain February! New York, reflected Esther, was in the clutch of a blizzard. She could picture it now, with its stark ice-ribbed streets, its towering buildings, a mausoleum of frozen stone and dirty snow. As for flowerswhy, even a spray of that mimosa in a frosty florist's window would be absurdly expensive; one would pay ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 27824
Author: Campbell, Alice
Release Date: Jan 17, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English