It was Sunday, and, according to his custom on that day, McTeague took his dinner at two in the afternoon at the car conductors' coffee-joint on Polk Street
Frank Norris quote It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set if in front of Mr. Bessemer's plate.
Frank Norris quote It was always a matter of wonder to Vandover that he was able to recall so little of his past life.
Frank Norris quote Biography
American novelist 1870 - 1902
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