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Robert W. Chambers

A Young Man in a Hurry

Paperback (Independently published June 26, 2020)
"Soyez tranquilles, mesdames…. Je suis un jeune homme pressé…. Mais modeste."—LABICHE.At ten minutes before five in the evening the office doors of the Florida and Key West Railway Company flew open, and a young man emerged in a hurry.Suit–case in one hand, umbrella in the other, he sped along the corridor to the elevator–shaft, arriving in time to catch a glimpse of the lighted roof of the cage sliding into depths below."Down!" he shouted; but the glimmering cage disappeared, descending until darkness enveloped it.Then the young man jammed his hat on his head, seized the suit–case and umbrella, and galloped down the steps. The spiral marble staircase echoed his clattering flight; scrub–women heard him coming and fled; he leaped a pail of water and a mop; several old gentlemen flattened themselves against the wall to give him room; and a blond young person with pencils in her hair lisped "Gee!" as he whizzed past and plunged through the storm–doors, which swung back, closing behind him with a hollow thwack.Outside in the darkness, gray with whirling snowflakes, he saw the wet lamps of cabs shining, and he darted along the line of hansoms and coupés in frantic search for his own.
ISBN
/ 9798656385060
Pages
183
Weight
14.6 oz.
Dimensions
8.2 x 0.4 in.

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