Chapter 22 THE AFTER CLAP

"I have read in the marvellous heart of man,

That strange and mystic scroll,

That an army of phantoms vast and wan

Beleaguer the human soul.

"Encamped beside life's rushing stream,

In Fancy's misty light,

Gigantic shapes and shadows gleam

Portentous through the night."

The Beleaguered City, LONGFELLOW.

A dinner party at t

            
            

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