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Lucretia: (Edward Bulwer Lytton Classic Collection)
Edward Bulwer Lytton
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Lucretia: (Edward Bulwer Lytton Classic Collection)
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Publisher Marketing: The man looked towards a clock on the mantelpiece, -"Before that clock strikes. Now, go back to your spiders." The child looked irresolute and disinclined to obey; but a stern and terrible expression gathered slowly over the man's face, and the boy, growing pale as he remarked it, crept back to the window. The father-for such was the relation the owner of the room bore to the child-drew paper and ink towards him, and wrote for some minutes rapidly. Then starting up, he glanced at the clock, took his hat and cloak, which lay on a chair beside, drew up the collar of the mantle till it almost concealed his countenance, and said, "Now, boy, come with me; I have promised to show you an execution: I am going to keep my promise. Come!" The boy clapped his hands with joy; and you might see then, child as he was, that those fair features were capable of a cruel and ferocious expression. The character of the whole face changed. He caught up his gay cap and plume, and followed his father into the streets. Silently the two took their way towards the Barriere du Trone. At a distance they saw the crowd growing thick and dense as throng after throng hurried past them, and the dreadful guillotine rose high in the light blue air. As they came into the skirts of the mob, the father, for the first time, took his child's hand. "I must get you a good place for the show," he said, with a quiet smile.
Media | Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg) |
Releasedatum | 25 augusti 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781500958589 |
Utgivare | Createspace |
Antal sidor | 348 |
Mått | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 467 g |
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