The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 3

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Dwelling Place of Light, Volume 3 by Winston ChurchillThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Dwelling Place of Light, Volume 3Author: Winston ChurchillRelease Date: October 15, 2004 [EBook #3648]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DWELLING PLACE OF LIGHT, ***Produced by Pat Castevans and David WidgerTHE DWELLING-PLACE OF LIGHTBy WINSTON CHURCHILLVolume 3.CHAPTER XVOccasionally the art of narrative may be improved by borrowing the method of the movies. Another night has passed, andwe are called upon to imagine the watery sunlight of a mild winter afternoon filtering through bare trees on the heads of amultitude. A large portion of Hampton Common is black with the people of sixteen nationalities who have gathered there,trampling down the snow, to listen wistfully and eagerly to a new doctrine of salvation. In the centre of this throng on thebandstand—reminiscent of concerts on sultry, summer nights—are the itinerant apostles of the cult called Syndicalism,exhorting by turns in divers tongues. Antonelli had spoken, and many others, when Janet, impelled by a craving not to bedenied, had managed to push her way little by little from the outskirts of the crowd until now she stood ...