RICEYMAN STEPS [Hardcover] Bennett, Arnold 1923

Item Condition: Collectible; Very Good

RICEYMAN STEPS
PART I
RICEYMAN STEPS
ON an autumn afternoon of 1919 a hatless man with
a slight limp might have been observed ascending
the gentle, broad acclivity of Riceyman Steps,
which lead from King's Cross Rond up to Riceyman
Square, in the great metropolitan industrial district of
Clerkenwell. He was rather less than stout and rather
more than slim, His thin hair had begun to turn from
black to grey, but his complexion was still fairly good,
and the rich, very red lips, under a small greyish mous-
tache and over a short, pointed beard, were quite remark-
The brown eyes
seemed a little small; they peered at near objects. As to
his age, an experienced and cautious observer of mankind,
without previous knowledge of this man, would have said
no more than that he must be past forty. The man him-
self was certainly entitled to say that he was in the
prime of 1ife. He wore a neat dark-grey suit, which must
have been carefully folded at nights, a low, white, starched
collar, and a made" black tie that completely hid the
shirt-front; the shirt-cuffs could not be seen. He was
shod in old, black leather slippers, well polished. He
rave an appearance of quiet, intelligent, refined and
kindly prosperity; and in his little eyes shone the varying
able in their suggestion of vitality.
lights of emotional sensitiveness.