| Author: | Louis Stone | ISBN: | 1230002498218 |
| Publisher: | E.G. | Publication: | August 24, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Louis Stone |
| ISBN: | 1230002498218 |
| Publisher: | E.G. |
| Publication: | August 24, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
CHAPTER 1
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CORNER
One side of the street glittered like a brilliant eruption with the light from a row of shops; the other, lined with houses, was almost deserted, for the people, drawn like moths by the glare, crowded and jostled under the lights.
It was Saturday night, and Waterloo, by immemorial habit, had flung itself on the shops, bent on plunder. For an hour past a stream of people had flowed from the back streets into Botany Road, where the shops stood in shining rows, awaiting the conflict.
CHAPTER 1
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CORNER
One side of the street glittered like a brilliant eruption with the light from a row of shops; the other, lined with houses, was almost deserted, for the people, drawn like moths by the glare, crowded and jostled under the lights.
It was Saturday night, and Waterloo, by immemorial habit, had flung itself on the shops, bent on plunder. For an hour past a stream of people had flowed from the back streets into Botany Road, where the shops stood in shining rows, awaiting the conflict.
