The Goblin's Collection

By Blackwood, Algernon Henry

Book Id: WPLBN0000627509
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Goblin's Collection
Author:	Blackwood, Algernon Henry
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Excerpt: Dutton accepted the invitation for the feeble reason that he was not quick enough at the moment to find a graceful excuse. He had none of that facile brilliance which is so useful at week?end parties; he was a big, shy, awkward man. Moreover, he disliked these great houses. They swallowed him. The solemn, formidable butlers oppressed him. He left on Sunday night when possible. This time, arriving with an hour to dress, he went upstairs to an enormous room, so full of precious things that he felt like an insignificant item in a museum corridor. He smiled disconsolately as the underling who brought up his bag began to fumble with the lock. But, instead of the sepulchral utterance he dreaded, a delicious human voice with an unmistakable brogue proceeded from the stooping figure. It was positively comforting. ?It ?all be locked, sorr, but maybe ye have the key?? And they bent together over the disreputable kit?bag, looking like a pair of ants knitting antennae on the floor of some great cave. The giant four?poster watched them contemptuously; mahogany cupboards wore an air of grave surprise; the gaping, open fireplace alone could have swallowed all his easels?almost, indeed, his little studio. This human, Irish presence was distinctly consoling?some extra hand or other, thought Dutton, probably.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: THE GOBLIN'S COLLECTION, 1 -- Algernon Blackwood, 1