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Excerpt from Mammon The shutters were closed and the gas alight, in one of those highly respectable semi-detached villas which adorn Lichfield Road, Maida Hill, N. W. - an exceedingly genteel though decidedly bourgeois quarter. It was a chill, foggy evening towards the end of October, some five or six years ago, and dinner was being served to two gentlemen, in the fairly well-furnished but rather bare dining-room. There was the usual massive table, one arm and twelve unarmed chairs - all remarkably solid and covered in leather a good deal the worse of the wear, - a sideboard, a plate-warmer, a dark, much worn carpet, faded curtains once deep red, and a few old-fashioned prints on the walls. A clock on the mantelshelf was the sole ornament. Of flowers, knick-knacks, bronze or china, there were none. Nevertheless there were no signs of neglect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.