J. D. Beresford, Nineteen Impressions — The Ashes of Last Night's Fire (1918)
“ She had passed and gone into the garden that had first charmed him, but he knew the house and the road; he could find out her name; he could perhaps get an introduction to her father—he could get to know her. There was nothing in the world he could not do. He was a departmental manager in a great firm. This year he would have an income of £500 at the least. In fifteen years he would be a partner. ”
J. D. Beresford, Nineteen Impressions — The Ashes of Last Night's Fire (1918)
“ She was not more than twenty-two or twenty-three years old, and she seemed full of vigour and the joy of life She walked as if she were excited with the splendour of living, and her little heels tapped deliciously on the stone pavement. ”
J. D. Beresford, Nineteen Impressions — The Ashes of Last Night's Fire (1918)
“ What would they think when he came back after his holidays as a manager? They would all be jealous then. He had not a single friend among them. He was glad now. It was better for a manager to have no intimate relationships with his inferiors. ”
