THE KING IN YELLOW - 9 - THE STREET OF OUR LADY OF THE FIELDS - 6

by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS in English Horror Stories

VI It was with another quick heart-beat that he awoke next morning, for his first thought was of Valentine. The sun already gilded the towers of Notre Dame, the clatter of workmen's sabots awoke sharp echoes in the street ...Read Moreand across the way a blackbird in a pink almond tree was going into an ecstasy of trills. He determined to awake Clifford for a brisk walk in the country, hoping later to beguile that gentleman into the American church for his soul's sake. He found Alfred the gimlet-eyed washing the asphalt walk which led to the studio. "Monsieur Elliott?" Read Less