Printer's Devil (9780316167826) (2009)
“Lash was surprised but pleased to be up and about so early, and trotted in a kind of zigzag from one side of the street to the other, his muzzle close to the ground, as though the smells of the city were intriguingly different at this time of the day when there were no people milling about to obscure them. A grey light was beginning to spread sluggishly from the marshes to the east, and morning fog was lying in the streets so that buildings seemed suddenly to emerge from thin air as we approach...ed them. Smithfield was still deserted, and the four-pointed tower of St. Sepulchre’s gulped a sombre chime for five o’clock as we ran past the giant cliff-like wall of Newgate Prison. But the fish market was already pungent and alive, and I looked about for someone who might be able to give me a ride out to the dock. I was determined to have another try at getting aboard the Sun of Calcutta: or at least to hang around and see what I might find out.
On the misty water the pale lights of small boats, patrolling up and down like water-spiders, glided and swung in drifting constellations.MoreLess
On the misty water the pale lights of small boats, patrolling up and down like water-spiders, glided and swung in drifting constellations.MoreLess
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