Excerpt from The Narrow HouseA sign swung before the dishevelled building at the corner and on a purple ground one could read the notice, Robinson 69 Son, Builders, painted in tall white letters. Some broken plaster had been thrown from one of the Windows and lay on the dusty sidewalk in a glaring heap.The old-fashioned house next door was as badly in need of improvements as the one undergoing altera tions. The dingy brick walls were streaked by the drippage from the leaky tin gutter that ran along the roof. The massive shutters, thrown back from the long windows, were rotting away. Below the lifted panes very clean worn curtains hung slack like things exhausted by the heat.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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