![]() The traveller was quite alone, the station functionary havingĭisappeared. Beyond lay a shelving sandbank and the sea-the only A small steady rain pattered on the crumblingīoards. Trunk of a decayed tree, served the dual purpose of waiting-roomĪnd ticket-office. Platform, obviously pensioned from more prosperous areas, and nowĭank and mouldering an Lethe's Wharf. ONE traveller alighted at Port Gwyn Road,Īccepting his environments upon faith. This is not a bad scheme for introducing a good deal of savage satire on various things and persons, as a Bishop "escorted to the pulpit by a throng of cringing acolytes,"-do acolytes really go in throngs? It will be easily understood that the result is a succession of stories quite dismal enough to please even the most modern taste. Satan makes one experiment and fails in it the man who assumes the "robe of Lucifer" makes many and succeeds. The end of it is that Greenstreet is to prove by actual experiment that all men and women are conquerable by temptation. A certain Arthur Greenstreet, who is a pessimist, falls into argument with the optimistically-minded Julien Ray. THE plot of this book maybe described as a sort of travesty on the first chapter of the Book of Job. To contact Project Gutenberg of Australia go to It under the terms of the Project Gutenberg of Australia License This eBook is made available at no cost and with almost no The copyright laws for your country before downloading or ![]() We do NOT keep any eBooks inĬompliance with a particular paper edition.Ĭopyright laws are changing all over the world. Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks are created from printedĮditions which are in the public domain in Australia, unless aĬopyright notice is included. ![]() This eBook was produced by Maurie Mulcahy and updated by Roy Glashan. * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook * (and our other authors) or get HELP Reading, Downloading and Converting files) BROWSE the site for other works by this author
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