All Bedlam Courses Past (part twenty-two)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part twenty-two) Lecomte, however, was witness to the recent past; he was not Guiteau’s biographer. “But you see, if these stalwarts were agreeable to him, Guiteau would be another thing, a thing more…what? He is a […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part twenty-one)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part twenty-one) He had gone to the house of his embassy. The cab stopped; Gilbert climbed down, tendered a five-cent coin, and pointed to a phrase in his book: J’ai apprécié votre gentilesse. The driver took […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part twenty)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part twenty) At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood), Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun. Alexander Pope […]
The Mirrors (part thirty-six)
The Mirrors (part thirty-six) xvi. She was twenty years old. Esta’s birthday was not remarked in the household. She had been married two years to Charles, not a choice. She hadn’t at eighteen considered love, whether love were possible, and if so, who? Her brother, nine years her […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part nineteen)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter One The Peculiar Nature of Logical Science (part nineteen) “Richard, I have a letter to show you,” Miss Gremot said. “You know Honoré’s aunt is coming to stay.” Her eyes shared this with the receptive Ryan-Neville, who leaned on […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part eighteen)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter One The Peculiar Nature of Logical Science (part eighteen) “Your name is Everard. I am Ryan-Neville.” “What’s she want you to tell me?” “To return to the fold. Words to that effect. The Towson has it you’re seeking work. […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part seventeen)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter One The Peculiar Nature of Logical Science (part seventeen) They went as the new bridge dictated, at a stronger diagonal, wheeling over the burial of Sanderson’s cabin and his father’s, all things built by the county’s founding clan well […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part sixteen)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter One The Peculiar Nature of Logical Science (part sixteen) “Truth to tell, sir, I can get a lot from Rowan himself. Just let on I’m a little sorry over my pay at the Vanguard. Ball rolling, touch of oil…” […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part fifteen)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter One The Peculiar Nature of Logical Science (part fifteen) “Well, Fannie says it.” Gremot said it. “You know, I don’t think it’s news at all. Almost emperor’s new clothes, allowing Rowan’s no emperor.” “Well, no, you don’t want to […]