Tatterley The Story of a Dead Man Author:Tom Gallon General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: D. Appleton and company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where... more » you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. WITH MORE OF THE PHILOSOPHER AND A GLIMPSE OF TATTERLEY AND A TRAGEDY. Meanwhile, Caleb Fry -- accompanied by his drooping relative, who walked with a certain sympathetic deference by his side, as who should say -- "You have come through a trial, sir; I admire your fortitude; humbly will I sustain you" -- passed beyond the precincts of the Temple, and emerged into the bustle and roar of Fleet Street. There Caleb stopped, on the edge of the pavement, and faced the other. " I have gone out of my way,. Cousin Hector Kindon," he said, " to come here this afternoon; I have left business neglected; I've been a fool for my pains. The young dog has seen the last of me; I'm going home now; there is something to be done before I sleep to-night." He checked himself, and looked at the other suspiciously. " Well -- here our ways divide," he added, abruptly, with his hands thrust into his pockets, as though to set aside the possibility of any cordiality of parting. " I'm sorry for this afternoon," said Cousin Hector, meditatively, with his head on one side. " I'm always sorry to see a youngster miss the practical and valuable things of life -- throw them away, as it were. I'm practical myself; I always try to hook the plums out of the pie of life. That I don't always succeed is rather my misfortune. I'm afraid I show my hand too much." . " Possibly," said Caleb, drily. With a short nod, he stepped from the pavement, and moved across the road; Cousin Hector lounged at his side. Caleb Fry happened to be in a strange humour. Generally speaking, his life was...« less