handbreaths

Updated: May 21, 2025

I could see him clearly, and the table beyond him with the calculations; but the fireplace seemed strangely out of perspective it extended above me. "My gift to the Master, not more than four handbreaths in length, including the base, stood now like an immense bronze on an extended marble slab beside a gigantic fireplace.

Melville Davisson Post - The Sleuth of St. James's Square