Poor Human Nature
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Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Poor Human Nature: A Musical Novel Suddenly the peaceful picture was broken into shards, churned into foam, by the advent of an intrusive little steamer, which came puffing up to the jetty, with a long trail of smoke behind it. Nobody wanted it; for no one landed nor went on board, though it heralded its approach by a shriek which brought out an official in a peaked cap and brass buttons from a little wooden house, like a jack-in-the-box. A few minutes and it fussed off down the river to Blankenstadt; the smoke vanished away, the swirls died down into stillness, and the picture formed itself again. The jack-in-the-box was about to shut himself in with his pipe and his Sunday paper, when he caught sight of a would-be passenger hurrying down the road in a frock coat, high hat, and patent-leather shoes. He waited and regarded him with silent compassion as he drew near. Needless to explain that the steamer was gone, for it might still be descried in the distance, though just about to vanish round a bend in the river. "When will the next be?" panted the late-comer. "Nine o´clock, sir; the two next don´t stop at Lindendorf." "They could be signaled, surely?" The official shook his head slowly, but very decidedly, and retired into his box. I am afraid an Englishman would have used language unbecoming a Sunday evening, but the traveler was a native, and therefore accustomed to bend to the yoke of the official. He betook himself to the churchyard wall, which was conveniently low and broad, and sat him down to rest after his unwonted exertions, and repair the damages dust and heat had wrought upon his outward man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
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