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The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
Autor: Hergesheimer, Joseph
Nakladatelství:
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ISBN: 9781443245357
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Excerpt: A NOVEL JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER GROSSET DUNLAP PUBLISHERS By Arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A DEDICATION Dear John Hemphill This is a record and act of memory of you at Dower Houseof June nights on the porch, with the foliage of the willow tree powdered against the stars; the white-panelled hearth of the yellow room in smouldering winter dusks; dinner with the candles wavering in tepid April airs; and the blue envelopment of late September noons. A quiet reach like the old grey house and green fields, the little valleys filled with trees and placid town beyond the hill, where the calendar of our days and companionship is set. Joseph Hergesheimer CONTENTS THE THREE BLACK PENNYS A DEDICATION CONTENTS I THE FURNACE I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX II THE FORGE X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII III THE METAL XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV THE END I THE FURNACE I A twilight like blue dust sifted into the shallow fold of the thickly wooded hills. It was early October, but a crisping frost had already stamped the maple trees with gold, the Spanish oaks were hung with patches of wine red, the sumach was brilliant in the darkening underbrush. A pattern of wild geese, flying low and unconcerned above the hills, wavered against the serene, ashen evening. Howat Penny, standing in the comparative clearing of a road, decided that the shifting, regular flight would not come close enough for a shot. He dropped the butt of his gun to the ground. Then he raised it again, examining the hammer; the flint was loose, unsatisfactory. There was a probability that it would miss firing. He had no intention of hunting the geese. With the drooping of day his keenness had evaporated; an habitual indifference strengthened, permeating him. He turned his dark, young face toward the transparent, green afterglow; the firm eyebrows drawn up at the temples,...Hodnocení uživatelů:
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