Excerpt from A Prince of Sinners Already the sweepers were busy in the deserted hall, and the lights burned low. Of the great audience who had filled the place only half-an-hour ago not one remained. The echoes of their tumultuous cheering seemed still to linger amongst the rafters, the dust which their feet had raised hung about in a little cloud. But the long rows of benches were empty, the sweepers moved ghost-like amongst the shadows, and an old woman was throwing teal-eaves here and there about the platform. In the committee-room behind a little group of men were busy with their leave-takings. The candidate, a tall, somewhat burly man, with hard, shrewd face and loosely-knit figure, was shaking hands with every one. His tone and manner savoured still of the rostrum. "Good-night, sir! Good-night, Mr. Bullsom! A most excellent introduction, yours, sir! You made my task positively easy. Good-night, Mr. Brooks. A capital meeting, and everything very well arranged. Personally I feel very much obliged to you, sir. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An elegantly written piece where a young man refuses to forgive his newly found father because he had abandoned he and his mother. But after life's many trials teaches much to both, they discover that there is strength and greater clarity in numbers...

Already the sweepers were busy in the deserted hall, and the lights burned low. Of thegreat audience who had filled the place only half-an-hour ago not one remained. Theechoes of their tumultuous cheering seemed still to linger amongst the rafters, the dustwhich their feet had raised hung about in a little cloud. But the long rows of benches wereempty, the sweepers moved ghostlike amongst the shadows, and an old woman wasthrowing tealeaves here and there about the platform. In the committee-room behind alittle group of men were busy with their leave-takings. The candidate, a tall, somewhatburly man, with hard, shrewd face and loosely knit figure, was shaking hands with everyone. His tone and manner savoured still of the rostrum."Good-night, sir! Good-night, Mr. Bullsom! A most excellent introduction, yours, sir! Youmade my task positively easy. Good-night, Mr. Brooks. A capital meeting, and everythingvery well arranged. Personally I feel very much obliged to you, sir. If you carry everythingthrough as smoothly as this affair to-night, I can see that we shall lose nothing by poorMorrison's breakdown. Good-night, gentlemen, to all of you. We will meet at the club ateleven o'clock to-morrow morning. Eleven o'clock precisely, if you please."

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A Prince of Sinners

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