"A Servant of the Public" from Anthony Hope. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 - 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright.
"A Servant of the Public" from Anthony Hope. Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 - 8 July 1933), was an English no...
This classic adventure tale by the English novelist Anthony Hope has been specially edited and formatted by Bishopston Publications in 12 point Book Antiqua font for optimum reading pleasure.
This classic adventure tale by the English novelist Anthony Hope has been specially edited and formatted by Bishopston Publications in 12 point Book A...
Heidelberg seems rather a tourist-ridden, hackneyed sort of place to be the mother of adventures. Nevertheless, it is there that my story begins. I had been traveling on the Continent, and came to Heidelberg to pay my duty to the castle, and recruit in quiet after a spell of rather laborious idleness at Homburg and Baden. At first sight I made up my mind that the place would bore me, and I came down to dinner at the hotel, looking forward only to a bad dinner and an early bed.
Heidelberg seems rather a tourist-ridden, hackneyed sort of place to be the mother of adventures. Nevertheless, it is there that my story begins. I ha...
" ...]disturbing phenomena were first brought prominently to my notice at the time when I became involved in the fortunes of the Aureataland national debt, and as all my story turns on this incident, it perhaps is a fit subject for a new chapter. CHAPTER II. A FINANCIAL EXPEDIENT. When our branch was established at Whittingham there had been an ...]."
" ...]disturbing phenomena were first brought prominently to my notice at the time when I became involved in the fortunes of the Aureataland national ...
" ...] "Beyond belief. Did you used to be?" "Just at first. I soon got over it. But they say one oughtn't to get over it. Oh, you've heard the stories about big men, haven't you? Anyhow some men never do. Why, I've sat behind Huntley and seen his hand tremble like our old friend the aspen leaf-and that when he was Attorney-General " "Lord " was Arthur's despairing comment; because a malady which did not spare an Attorney-General must surely be unconquerable by lesser folk. "But I expect it's not quite the same sort," Norton Ward went on, smiling. "It's rather like falling in love, I expect. A...
" ...] "Beyond belief. Did you used to be?" "Just at first. I soon got over it. But they say one oughtn't to get over it. Oh, you've heard the stories...
