Short stories, English
It was not that _he_ thought her beautiful; but other people thought so, which made him think of her as such. And when these others came in swarms to wrest the prize from him which he had looked on as his own, he fell in love with her. During his first week in Salzburg, he rec...
It was not that _he_ thought her beautiful; but other people thought so, which made him think of her as such. And when these others came in swarms to wrest the prize from him wh...
2. Part 2“I should be glad,” said he, turning back to them suddenly, “if you, Herr Doktor Mackintosh, would acquaint the people of America--for whom, I assure you, I cherish the warmest...
3. Part 3Exhausted, he sat down in the gallery and watched the crowded ball-room heave in whirling couples to the mighty rhythm of the _Danube Waltz_. The big orchestra put a dashing emp...
4. Part 4The potpourri, as if suddenly turning the corner, broke out into a resounding march, and behold, the big drum now led the way. Bang! bang! bang! bang! Clearly he whacked, never...
5. Part 5The court next morning had no hesitation in charging him with wilful murder, and, in charge of two men, he was taken to Liverpool, where a grand jury brought in a true bill agai...
6. Part 6He was brave, resigned. But a quarter of an hour before time, suddenly he felt he wanted to live, love, breathe in through these nostrils the fresh air of, not this, but other,...
7. Part 7When she fell ill he sent her flowers, and every day she sent a message--that she was a little better, or a little worse. Then she came again to the café. “Beautiful, beautiful...
8. Part 8When they did meet--at 9.30--he found that he had nothing to discuss, nothing to talk over. He only wanted her, craved for her physical beauty with all the strength of his physi...