William Le Queux,
The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 1
(1922)
“ But certain circles—those circles wherein women take drugs to enable them to dance the better, circles where opium is smoked, and where morals do not count, where religion is scoffed at and relegated to the limbo of an out-of-date fiction, and where only the possessor of money counts, there is a strange and mysterious phase of Society indescribable by the pen. ”
William Le Queux,
The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 1
(1922)
“ Upon the writing-table lay a number of letters, and upon the red blotting-pad was a big wad of Treasury notes, under an elastic band, cast aside heedlessly, as rich men often do.As I sat there awaiting my host’s return, I recollected how, in the previous year, I had seen in the pictorial press photographs of the handsome Mrs. De Gex attired in jersey and breeches, with knitted cap and big woollen scarf, lying upon her stomach on a sleigh on the Cresta run. ”
William Le Queux,
The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 1
(1922)
“ Stretton Street was essentially one inhabited by the highest in London society. I had passed through it many times—as a Londoner does in making short cuts—without even noticing the name. The Londoner’s geography is usually only by the landmarks of street corners and “tube” stations.As I hurried along through the rain, I suddenly heard a man’s voice behind me say:“Excuse me, sir! But may I speak to you for just one second?” ”
