The Trumpeter Swan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781421834146)

It had rained all night, one of the summer rains that, beginning in a thunder-storm in Washington, had continued in a steaming drizzle until morning. There were only four passengers in the sleeper, men all of them-two in adjoining sections in the middle of the car, a third in the drawing-room, a fourth an intermittent occupant of a berth at the end. They had gone to bed unaware of the estate or circumstance of their fellow-travellers, and had waked to find the train delayed by washouts, and side-tracked until more could be learned of the condition of the road. The man in the drawing-room shone, in the few glimpses that the others had of him, with an effulgence which was dazzling. His valet, the intermittent sleeper in the end berth, was a smug little soul, with a small nose which pointed to the stars. When the door of the compartment opened to admit breakfast there was the radiance of a brocade dressing-gown, the shine of a sleek head, the staccato of an imperious voice.

Author: Temple Bailey
ISBN-10: 1421834146
ISBN-13: 9781421834146
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2007
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76d