Green Ladies (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Green Ladies

Having settled the matter in his mind, he tasted deep again of the scene, his eyes dwelling upon it with the slow, fine rapture of a pundit.

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Excerpt from Green Ladies

Peter John glanced at his cigarette and looked at the scene. His neat and distinguished features were quizzical as he lifted his eyes from the delicate paper tube to the gem-like perfection of the view. His air had a whimsical interrogation.

"Should one," he inquired of his mind, "regard tobacco in this air as an abomination? Could one pretend that it is frankincense on the altar of beauty?"

He stood drawing in the still and scented air in luxuriant breaths.

"No," he decided, "this is a cigarette view, delicate, fragrant, tranquillizing. And also there is no one to contradict me."

He went on smoking his cigarette. It was, after all, a burnt offering to beauty.

Having settled the matter in his mind, he tasted deep again of the scene, his eyes dwelling upon it with the slow, fine rapture of a pundit.

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.