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THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHT
A NOVEL
BY
BASIL KING
AUTHOR OF
THE INNER SHRINE, THE WILD OLIVE, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
ORSON LOWELL
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Published by Arrangement with Harper & Brothers
1911, 1912.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED MAY, 1912
"_By the Street Called Straight we come to the House called
Beautiful_"
--New England Saying
THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHT
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As a matter of fact, Davenant was under no illusions concerning the
quality of the welcome his hostess was according him, though he found a
certain pleasure in being once more in her company. It was not a keen
pleasure, but neither was it an embarrassing one; it was exactly what he
supposed it would be in case they ever met again--a blending on his part
of curiosity, admiration, and reminiscent suffering out of which time
and experience had taken the sting. He retained the memory of a minute
of intense astonishment once upon a time, followed by some weeks, some
months perhaps, of angry humiliation; but the years between twenty-four
and thirty-three are long and varied, generating in healthy natures
plenty of saving common sense.
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