THE KING IN YELLOW - 9 - THE STREET OF OUR LADY OF THE FIELDS - 2

by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS in English Horror Stories

II "An' you are pleas wiz Paris, Monsieur' Astang?" demanded Madame Marotte the next morning as Hastings came into the breakfast-room of the pension, rosy from his plunge in the limited bath above. "I am sure I shall like ...Read Morehe replied, wondering at his own depression of spirits. The maid brought him coffee and rolls. He returned the vacant glance of the big-headed young man and acknowledged diffidently the salutes of the snuffy old gentlemen. He did not try to finish his coffee, and sat crumbling a roll, unconscious of the sympathetic glances of Madame Marotte, who had tact Read Less