WILLIAM BABINGTON MAXWELL
English novelist (1866 - 1938)
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The village postmaster stood staring at an official envelope that
had just been shaken out a mailbag upon the sorting table. It
was addressed to himself; and for a few moments his heart beat
quicker, with sharp, clean percussions, as if it were trying to
imitate the sounds made by two clerks as they plied their
stampers on the blocks. Perhaps this envelope contained his
fate.
- The Devil's Garden (ch. 1)
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