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Title: The Bread-winners
A Social Study

Author: John Hay

Release Date: July 17, 2005 [eBook #16321]
Language: English
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THE BREADWINNERS
A Social Study
New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1901



I.

A MORNING CALL

A French clock on the mantel-piece, framed of brass and crystal, which
betrayed its inner structure as the transparent sides of some insects
betray their vital processes, struck ten with the mellow and lingering
clangor of a distant cathedral bell. A gentleman, who was seated in
front of the fire reading a newspaper, looked up at the clock to see
what hour it was, to save himself the trouble of counting the slow,
musical strokes.
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