The House of the Secret (La maison des hommes vivants)

THE HOUSE OF THE SECRET
( LA MAISON DES HOMMES VIVANTS )
CLAUDE FARRÈRE
AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY
ARTHUR LIVINGSTON
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Avenue
Copyright, 1923 By E. P. Dutton & Company —— All Rights Reserved
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The House of the Secret
This day, January 20, 1909, I have decided to set my story down in writing. Dangerous and terrifying the task! But I must perform it. For day after tomorrow I shall be dead. Day after tomorrow.... Just two days! And death from old age! Of this I am as certain as a man can be of anything. What, then, have I to lose by speaking?