Author : Fred Merrick White
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 2322238074
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (222 download)
Book Synopsis The Four Day's Night by : Fred Merrick White
Download or read book The Four Day's Night written by Fred Merrick White and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of air pollution. Excerpt: They crawled along through the black suffocating darkness, feeble, languid, and sweating at every pore. There was a murky closeness in the vitiated atmosphere that seemed to take all the strength and energy away. At any other time the walk to Clarence Terrace would have been a pleasure, now it was a penance. They found their objective after a deal of patience and trouble. Hackness yelled in the doorway. There was a sound of footsteps and Cynthia Grimfern spoke. "Ah, what a relief it is to know that you are all right," she said. "I pictured all sorts of horrors happening to you. Will this never end, Martin?" She cried softly in her distress. Hackness felt for her hand and pressed it tenderly. "We are going to try my great theory," he said. "Eldred is with me, and we have got Williamson's permission to operate with the aeroplane."