The Web of Toil (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Oakeshott, Ronald Lewis) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Web of Toil The Eastern Counties Express pulled up and decanted its passengers into the echoing spaces of Liverpool Street station. Everybody seemed to be in a hurry, but nevertheless the tide surged slowly towards the barriers, broken and checked by statuesque porters with barrows of luggage, and lapping strenuously about the edges of piles of trunks and suit-cases flung from the vans. Although it was still early in a spring afternoon the light filtered dimly through the smoky roof and the big arc lamps blazed sulkily as though resentful of shining before it was properly dark. A big engine panted and gave to the clamour a pulse of rhythm. After the first rush had nearly emptied the carriages, a young man stepped slowly from a third-class compartment carrying in his hand a bulging, old-fashioned Gladstone bag, scarred with the wounds of many a long-forgotten journey. He set it down quickly as though already weary of its weight and stood looking vaguely about him. He lifted his tweed cap and pushed a hand through his short hair, so naturally as to show that this was a habit with him. Then he dug his hands deep into the pockets of his light overcoat and stood quite still, his slight figure almost rigid, his grey eyes vacant, his head thrown a little back. He sniffed the suppressed odours of the station, and his lips bent downwards in a small bitter smile, for to him the air seemed to be impregnated with the searching, revolting smell of raw beef suet. 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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