A Little World

A Little World

Some people are such fools! said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London. He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as the six-hundred-pounder; and he knew a fool when he saw one. But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,his little place at Norwood, where he had a morsel of garden and a bit of glass, and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his minds eye the greatest fool that ever breathedthe man whom he was always mentally abusingto wit, his brother Jared. But Jared Pellet always was a foolso his brother said; and he was continually filling the foolish cup of his iniquitous folly fuller and more full. He was a fool to be tyrannised over by his brother when a boy, and to take all the punishment that should have fallen to Richards share; he was a fool to marry Lizzie Willis, who had not a penny, when Richard would have given his ears to stand in his shoes; he was a fool for being happyloved and loving; he was a fool to have such a large family; he was a fool for being a poor struggling man, while his brother was so rich; in short, taking Richard Pellets opinionwhich must have been correct, seeing how wealthy, and stout, and clean shaven, and respected he wasthere was not a bigger fool upon the face of the earth! ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 34143
Author: Fenn, George Manville
Release Date: Oct 26, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English