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The Observations of Henry
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Title: The Observations of Henry
Author: Jerome K. Jerome
Release Date: March 7, 2006 [eBook #17943]
Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1901 J. W. Arrowsmith edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE OBSERVATIONS OF HENRY
BY JEROME K. JEROME
AUTHOR OF "THREE MEN IN A BOAT," "DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE," "THREE MEN ON THE BUMMEL," ETC.
BRISTOL J. W. ARROWSMITH, QUAY STREET LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT AND COMPANY LIMITED 1901
THE GHOST OF THE MARCHIONESS OF APPLEFORD.
This is the story, among others, of Henry the waiter--or, as he now prefers to call himself, Henri--told to me in the long dining-room of the Riffel Alp Hotel, where I once stayed for a melancholy week "between seasons," sharing the echoing emptiness of the place with two maiden ladies, who talked all day to one another in frightened whispers. Henry's construction I have discarded for its amateurishness; his method being generally to commence a story at the end, and then, working backwards to the beginning, wind up with the middle. But in all other respects I have endeavoured to retain his method, which was individual; and this,