Length22h 20m
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Excerpt: "When I was a little boy of about six years old, I was standing with a maid-servant in the balcony of one of the upper rooms of my father's house in London—it was the evening of the first day that I had ever been in London, and my senses had been excited, and almost exhausted, by the vast variety of objects that were new to me. It was dusk, and I was growing sleepy, but my attention was awakened by a fresh wonder. As I stood peeping between the bars of the balcony, I saw star after star of light appear in quick succession, at a certain height and distance, and in a regular line, approaching nearer and nearer. I twitched the skirt of my maid's gown repeatedly, but she was talking to some acquaintance at the window of a neighbouring house, and she did not attend to me. I pressed my forehead more closely against the bars of the balcony, and strained my eyes more eagerly towards the object of my curiosity. Presently the figure of the lamp-lighter with his blazing torch in one hand, and his ladder in the other, became visible; and, with as much delight as philosopher ever enjoyed in discovering the cause of a new and grand phenomenon, I watched his operations. I saw him fix and mount his ladder with his little black pot swinging from his arm, and his red smoking torch waving with astonishing velocity, as he ran up and down the ladder. Just when he reached the ground, being then within a few yards of our house, his torch flared on the face and figure of an old man with a long white beard and a dark visage, who, holding a great bag slung over one shoulder, walked slowly on, repeating in a low, abrupt, mysterious tone, the cry of "Old clothes! Old clothes! Old clothes!" I could not understand the words he said, but as he looked up at our balcony he saw me—smiled—and I remember thinking that he had a good-natured countenance. The maid nodded to him; he stood still, and at the same instant she seized upon me, exclaiming, "Time for you to come off to bed, Master Harrington."
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length22 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 18, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TO THE READER.
26CHAPTER III.
2HARRINGTON.
27CHAPTER IV.
3CHAPTER I.
28CHAPTER V.
4CHAPTER II.
29CHAPTER VI.
5CHAPTER III.
30CHAPTER VII.
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6CHAPTER IV.
31CHAPTER VIII.
7CHAPTER V.
32CHAPTER IX.
8CHAPTER VI.
33CHAPTER X.
9CHAPTER VII.
34CHAPTER XI.
10CHAPTER VIII.
35CHAPTER XII.
11CHAPTER IX.
36CHAPTER XIII.
12CHAPTER X
37CHAPTER XIV
13CHAPTER XI.
38CHAPTER XV.
14CHAPTER XII.
39CHAPTER XVI.
15CHAPTER XIII.
40CHAPTER XVII.
16CHAPTER XIV.
41CHAPTER XVIII.
17CHAPTER XV.
42CHAPTER XIX.
18CHAPTER XVI.
43CHAPTER XX.
19CHAPTER XVII.
44CHAPTER XXI.
20CHAPTER XVIII.
45CHAPTER XXII.
21CHAPTER XIX.
46CHAPTER XXIII.
22THOUGHTS ON BORES.
47CHAPTER XXIV.
23ORMOND
48CHAPTER XXV.
24CHAPTER I.
49CHAPTER XXVI.
25CHAPTER II.
50CHAPTER XXVII.
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