Zoe and Theodora part 53
126. His beauty, we are told, was that of Achilles or Nireus.**126 But whereas, in the case of these heroes, the poet’s language, having...
The Lost Phcebe part 11
For several years thereafter then he was an odd figure in the sun anti rain, on dusty roads and muddy ones, encountered occasionally in...
Zoe and Theodora part 38
Our men, meanwhile, engaged them with stones from above and fought them off with their cutlasses. Greek fire, too, was hurled at them, and...
Zoe and Theodora part 54
128. The symptoms of disease were not all immediately apparent. The humours first flowed into his feet, and at once he was compelled to...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 5
“The deepest despair, and passion scarcely human, had made such fierce ravages on his face and form, in that one night, that his companions...
The Necklace part 4
She saw first of all some bracelets, then a pearl necklace, then a Venetian cross, gold, and precious stones of admirable workmanship. She tried...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 6
From the huge whirlpool which the sinking wreck occasioned, arose a shriek so loud and shrill—the death-cry of a hundred drowning creatures, blended into...
The Necklace part 5
They went down towards the Seine, in despair, shivering with cold. At last they found on the quay one of those ancient noctambulant coupds...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 7
“When the fever left him, and consciousness returned, he awoke to find himself rich and free: to hear that the parent who would have...
The Necklace part 6
She wrote at his dictation.
At the end of a week they had lost all hope.
And Loisel, who had aged five years, declared:
“We must consider...
