The Man of the Hour (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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It was a big pile, with the lofty portico which our great-grandfathers loved. Its fluted Corinthian pil lars and garlanded pediment shone white through the trees; below, the flowering terraces stepped down to the soft greenery of orchard and pasture; above, the house was backed by wooded hills. Atherton's Folly the Fairport people had named the place; for the house was built by the first mayor of the town (atherton, not Fairport, then), a man of vast schemes that had discounted the future too lavishly; wherefore he came to grief. His Own downfall he could have borne, being a stanch and stout fighter; but the town was crippled a while by the crash, and this broke his heart; he only lived a few months after his failure. For years the house stood empty, gray and haggard with neglect,' while time charred and twisted its shingles. Final ly, Winslow, the plow manufacturer, bought the estate for a song; and it began a new career of pros perity, as Overlook.

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