Nocturne by Frank Swinnerton
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X. CINDERELLA PART THREE: MORNING XI. AFTER THE THEATRE XII. CONSEQUENCES PART ONE EVENING CHAPTER I: SIX O'CLOCK i Six o'clock was striking. The darkness by Westminster Bridge was intense; and as the tramcar turned the corner from the Embankment Jenny craned to look at the thickly running water below. The glistening of reflected lights which spotted the surface of the Thames gave its rapid current an air of such mysterious and especially sinister power that she |
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