Lil told Robert she had a surprise; this on top of the leviathan they were to sail the ocean upon. The only clue she gave was that they would not be travelling by train from St. Pancras after all. “Can you guess?” she asked, as she stood behind him, brushing his hair. His shoulders dropped in fru...
His valued regular clients were pausing in their browsing to look too, nudging each other and whispering. One, an elderly dowager, even held her stick-mounted glasses to her eyes to get a better look, her mouth open in horror. Mr Bryant was a small, plump, soberly dressed man, bald headed, who lo...