The Observations of Henry

The Observations of Henry

This is the story, among others, of Henry the waiteror, as he now prefers to call himself, Henritold to me in the long dining-room of the Riffel Alp Hotel, where I once stayed for a melancholy week between seasons, sharing the echoing emptiness of the place with two maiden ladies, who talked all day to one another in frightened whispers. Henrys construction I have discarded for its amateurishness; his method being generally to commence a story at the end, and then, working backwards to the beginning, wind up with the middle. But p. 10in all other respects I have endeavoured to retain his method, which was individual; and this, I think, is the story as he would have told it to me himself, had he told it in this order: My first placewell to be honest, it was a coffee shop in the Mile End RoadIm not ashamed of it. We all have our beginnings. Young Kipper, as we called himhe had no name of his own, not that he knew of anyhow, and that seemed to fit him down to the groundhad fixed his pitch just outside, between our door and the music hall at the corner; and sometimes, when I might happen to have a bit on, Id get a paper from him, and pay him for it, when the governor was not about, with a mug of coffee, and odds and ends that p. 11the other customers had left on their platesan arrangement that suited both of us. He was just about as sharp as they make boys, even in the Mile End Road, which is saying a good deal; and now and then, spying around among the right sort, and keeping his ears open, he would put me up to a good thing, and I would tip him a bob or a tanner as the case might be. He was the sort that gets onyou know. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 17943
Author: Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Release Date: Mar 7, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English