jail-entrance

Updated: July 31, 2026

Wellson should be there in a minute he had said, "At the jail-entrance at 6.45". God send him soon or the new-found self-control might weaken and a rising tide creep up and up until it submerged his will-power again. With an effort he swallowed, and turning, strode up and down on a rapid, mechanical sentry-go.

Percival Christopher Wren - Driftwood Spars: The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who: Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life