PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
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[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an entire meal of them. D.W.]
CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY (Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle)
My father lived in the country some distance from Paris. When I arrived I found a physician in the house, who said to me:
"You are too late; your father expressed a desire to see you before he died."
I entered, and saw my father dead. "Sir," I said to the physician, "please have everyone retire that I may be alone here; my father had something to say to me, and he will say it."
In obedience to my order the servants left the room. I approached the bed and raised the shroud which covered the face. But when my eyes fell on that countenance, I stooped to kiss it and lost consciousness.
When I recovered, I heard some one say:
Arthur Conan Doyle
