Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898
Chapter 17
On the "Tramp" Steamer.--Odd Conceits.--The Handsome Stranger.--The Consumptive.--"Ermine" Function.--It will be All Right with Mother.--The Image Reflection.--The Stuttering German.--Human Transfiguration.--Promethean Myth.--White Heat of Life's Crucible.--Mother Left Out.--Arrival at New York.