Sax Rohmer
The Sins of Séverac Bablon
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(Prabhat Prakashan May 6, 2019)
"What's made him break out?" the comedian whispered; aside; to Adeler. For it was an open secret that this man; whose financial operations shook the thrones of monarchy; whose social fêtes were attended by the smartest people; was subject to outbursts of the kind which now saw him seated before a rapidly emptying magnum in a corner of the great restaurant. At such times he would frequent the promenades of music-halls; consorting with whom he found there; and would display the gross vulgarity of a Whitechapel pawnbroker or tenth-rate variety agent.