The Last Chronicle of Barset : 9781491038253

Excerpt: ...bank, a West-End establishment at which he was personally known to many of the clerks, and where he had been heretofore treated with great consideration. But of late his balances had been very low, and more than once he had been reminded that he had overdrawn his account. He knew well that the distinguished firm of Bounce, Bounce, and Bounce would not cash a bill for him or lend him money without security. He did not even dare to ask them to do so. On a sudden he jumped into a cab, and was driven back to his office. A thought had come upon him. He would throw himself upon the kindness of a friend there. Hitherto he had contrived to hold his head so high above the clerks below him, so high before the Commissioners who were above him, that none there suspected him to be a man in difficulty. It not seldom happens that a man's character stands too high for his interest,

Author: Anthony Trollope

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 19, 2013

Number of Pages: 682 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 149103825X

ISBN-13: 9781491038253