The King in Yellow - Robert W Chambers - Books - Independently Published - 9798675291878 - September 28, 2020
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The King in Yellow

Book Excerpt: ... Hawberk."It was worth something to you," I ventured."No," he replied, laughing, "my pleasure in finding it was my reward.""Have you no ambition to be rich?" I asked, smiling."My one ambition is to be the best armourer in the world," he answered gravely. Constance asked me if I had seen the ceremonies at the Lethal Chamber. She herself had noticed cavalry passing up Broadway that morning, and had wished to see the inauguration, but her father wanted the banner finished, and she had stayed at his request."Did you see your cousin, Mr. Castaigne, there?" she asked, with the slightest tremor of her soft eyelashes."No," I replied carelessly. "Louis' regiment is manoeuvring out in Westchester County." I rose and picked up my hat and cane."Are you going upstairs to see the lunatic again?" laughed old Hawberk. If Hawberk knew how I loathe that word "lunatic," he would never use it in my presence. It rouses certain feelings within me which I do not care to explain. However, I answered himClose...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 28, 2020
ISBN13 9798675291878
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 180
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 10 mm   ·   272 g
Language English  

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