The Pretender: A Story of the Latin Quarter
Robert W. Service
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 25, 2018)
Excerpt from The Pretender: A Story of the Latin QuarterBut, after all, I went on to reflect, money is not so utterly a nuisance. Pleasant indeed to think that when most are pondering over the problem of the per manent meal - ticket, you are yourself well settled on the sunny side Of Easy Street. Poets have piped of Ar cady, have chorused of Bohemia, have expressed their enthusiasm for Elysian fields, but who has come to chant the praise of Easy Street? Yet surely it is the kindliest Of all? Behind its smiling windows are no maddening constraints, no irking servitudes, no tyranny Of time. Just sunshine, laughter, mockery Of masters - Oh, a thousand times blessed, golden, glori ous Easy Street!Here I lighted a fresh cigarette and settled more snugly in that chair Of kingly comfort.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.