“Kindly be prepared to absent yourself at a moment’s notice.” It was Goyu speaking, blundering, old fool. He was standing in the doorway with his kitchen-apron on, and an iron spoon in his hand. “What on earth is the matter?” asked Ethel Calvert, tossing aside her French novel in alarm, for such a lack of […]
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Milo Milton Hastings – City of Endless Night
When but a child of seven my uncle placed me in a private school in which one of the so-called redeemed sub-sailors was a teacher of the German language. As I look back now, in the light of my present knowledge, I better comprehend the docile humility and carefully nurtured ignorance of this man. In […]