The Man Who Laughs Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part III and IV
In which the wandering van bears, like tablets of a grotesque catechism, the whole ritual of English grandeur - coronets, privileges, impunity, and insolent etiquette - set down with a precision that makes mockery more terrible than invective.
The Man Who Laughs Preliminary Chapter - Ursus, part III and IV
In which the wandering van bears, like tablets of a grotesque catechism, the whole ritual of English grandeur - coronets, privileges, impunity, and insolent etiquette - set down with a precision that makes mockery more terrible than invective.