Category: Novels
Three young men, the best of friends, a painter, Bainbridge Breen, a writer, Eric Nielsen, and a composer, John Carstairs, were arguing that three-faced conundrum, morals. Quite an accident had provoked them to it: a waitress, Erna Vitek. From picking at her they had launched...
"Oh, he'll get over it. These attachments of his are never serious nor of long duration. And at best, she's only a hardened little thing, a fact he'll realize in good season."
3. Part 3"We're no worse than you fellows are," Breen retorted. "Besides, this afternoon is no more and no less than an experiment in line with the contract of our triumvirate. Your inni...
4. Part 4Erna had always felt that Nielsen was human. It now come as a realization. She gave him a final penetrating glance. He smiled frankly, and she had to smile as well. "All right,"...
1. Part 1Three young men, the best of friends, a painter, Bainbridge Breen, a writer, Eric Nielsen, and a composer, John Carstairs, were arguing that three-faced conundrum, morals. Quite...
5. Part 5He sat down beside her, not so much to help her wrestle with the problem as to encourage her to speak. She was thoughtful. "I guess I don't want to," she continued, but with inc...
6. Part 6Jimmy did not agree with this sentiment. He continued to live with Erna. What is more, he had threatened to move out of the Nolan apartment and "to throw up the sponge"--quit th...