The Fire of Green Boughs

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174

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III DOMINIC ROYDON had two rooms in the top of a solid old house in Dorset Square; he liked to look out at the trees in the autumn or spring, and he liked the untidy spaciousness of the locality. ' His rooms were large and lighted by big windows, and they formed the setting of the new Dominic who embraced a certain austerity when he entered upon the unknown path. There was no trace here of the conflict of other people's ideas, and the plain dark blue of the carpet, the deep tone of the book-cases and writing-table, were brightened by window curtains and cushions of a soft beetroot red, and the gleam of well- polished brasses. Going into his room was like entering the grateful repose of a place where the tones and colours were strong and comforting. He did not find life harmonious, and consequently he sought to make the one place where he was usually alone a place where he could be certain to enfold himself about with a generous unity. He was sitting at his writing-table, and the wild evening outside blew the yellow autumn leaves along the pavement and made the darkened street lamps flicker and shiver by the strong force of the wind. Dominic was working steadily because he had consented, not without reluctance, to dine with his friend, Lord Carfax. It was not that he disliked dining out,or was by nature unsociable, but to be tied to a definite engagement during those blessed hours when he could be free, made him feel restless. In this respect he was the despair of even his greatest friends, amongst whom Carfax ranked very high. A sudden throb of affection, brought into activity by his own thoughts as he wrote, stirred in his heart, and he flung down his pen and rested his chin on his folded hands. The light of the lamp at his side made his face clear and thre...

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