# A Son of the State

Author: Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett), 1859-1930

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57710

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Son+of+the+State+Ridge&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

THE round white September moon lighted up Pitfield Street from end to end, making the gas lights in the shop windows look abashed and unnecessary; out in the Old Street triangle, men on the wooden seats who had good eyesight read halfpenny evening papers as though it were day, able without trouble to make record in knowing-looking pocket-books of the running of Ormonde. At the Hoxton Theatre of Varieties, the early crowd streamed out into Pitfield Street flushed with two hours of joy for twopence, and the late crowd which had been waiting patiently for some time at the doors, flowed in. When these two crowds had disappeared, the Old Street end of Pitfield Street belonged once more to the...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-son-of-the-state-57710/chapters/6/index.md)