The oculist had warned him that the trouble might recur, that he ought to have remained under observation. Well, it had recurred about four months ago.

I breathed out the name Seraphina into the moonlight in an increasing transport. Seraphina! Seraphina! Seraphina! The repeated beauty of the sound intoxicated me.

Bear and bull baiting, dog fights, cockfighting, ratting, and other blood sports were attacked as un-Christian […]

money would be stirring, if it were not for this slug