FOOTNOTES
[7] I.e. alluvial plain.
[8] ‘Enough!’
[9] Perquisite.
[10] Bugle.
THE DAY.
As the cathedral chimes struck eleven, Hubert Quality raised the corner of the blind and looked into the street.
A deep peace reigned; the cobbles of the road glistened from recent rain; wet wads of yellowed leaves padded the pavements. Very far away on the horizon, a fitful red quiver told of heathen fires lighted to the dark god Thor.
No human form was visible in the street. Yet Quality shrank from the uneasy sensation that some one was spying upon him.