This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...did not wholly claim him for her own at night, and though his new story was of a morbid cast he stood outside of it, and never attempted to put his own personality into a single one of the characters. He even chattered about it in the frankest way, and gloated in rather an absurd but amusing manner over the ghastliness ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...did not wholly claim him for her own at night, and though his new story was of a morbid cast he stood outside of it, and never attempted to put his own personality into a single one of the characters. He even chattered about it in the frankest way, and gloated in rather an absurd but amusing manner over the ghastliness of some of the details of this hopeful book. Then he took more exercise, and made so many more acquaintances in the neighboring studios, of which William was also the attendant, that that individual began to be puzzled in his mind as to who might be Torrington's great friend after all. John himself got a little irritated at being found in four successive places one after the other, especially as William, who was a perfect innocent in'hiding his emotions, exhibited unmistakable surprise each time he unearthed the studio lounger. He even began to look on it as a kind of game, and used to try to guess beforehand where this Mr. Torrington would be next. But at this hide-and-seek the visitor was so often the victor, by reason of his very want of motive, that he made William quite unhappy. For instance, Torrington lounged into Gaskell's, and after shaking hands and borrowing enough tobacco from a pile lying loose on the dirty table to roll a cigarette, he walked round. "Got anything to see? Oh, yes! Hum, not bad. Hum, this is bad." "It is fierce," said Gaskell, who applied the word indiscriminately when he awarded blame to his own work or that of others. "Glad you think so. It isn't everybody can see his own faults." "No," replied Arthur satirically. "You be hanged, Gaskell. That's not true of me. I can see most of mine." "And do?" "Yes, and do." "What a discouraging prospec...
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