by Henry James
It was always rather quiet at Cocker's while the contingent from Ladle's and Thrupp's and all the other great places were at luncheon, or, as the young men used vulgarly to say, while the animals were feeding. She had forty minutes in advance of this to go home for her own dinner; and when she came back and one of the young men took his turn there was often half an hour during which she could pull out a bit of work or a book-a book from the place where she borrowed novels, very greasy, in fine p
ISBN: 9798733404936
84 pages
Published: 2021-04-07