Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 / 2008-08-02 00:00:00

EBOOK FIVE TALES ***


Produced by David Widger


FIVE TALES

By John Galsworthy

"Life calls the tune, we dance."


CONTENTS:
THE FIRST AND LAST THE FIRST AND LAST
A STOIC A STOIC
THE APPLE TREE THE APPLE TREE
THE JURYMAN THE JURYMAN
INDIAN SUMMER OF A FORSYTE [Also posted as Etext #2594]
[In this 1919 edition of "Five Tales" the fifth tale was "Indian
Summer of a Forsyte;" in later collections, "Indian Summer..." became
the first section of the second volume of The Forsyte Saga]


THE FIRST AND LAST
"So the last shall be first, and the first last."--HOLY WRIT.

It was a dark room at that hour of six in the evening, when just the
single oil reading-lamp under its green shade let fall a dapple of
light over the Turkey carpet; over the covers of books taken out of the
bookshelves, and the open pages of the one selected; over the deep blue
and gold of the coffee service on the little old stool with its Oriental
embroidery. Very dark in the winter, with drawn curtains, many rows of
leather-bound volumes, oak-panelled walls and ceiling. So large, too,
that the lighted spot before the fire where he sat was just an oasis.
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