| | 1 | Author: | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Crystal Egg  | | | | Published: | 1994 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | There was, until a year ago, a little and very grimy-looking shop near
Seven Dials over which, in weather-worn yellow lettering, the name of
"C. Cave, Naturalist and Dealer in Antiquities," was inscribed. The
contents of its window were curiously variegated. They comprised
some elephant tusks and an imperfect set of chessmen, beads and
weapons, a box of eyes, two skulls of tigers and one human, several
moth-eaten stuffed monkeys (one holding a lamp), an old-fashioned
cabinet, a flyblown ostrich egg or so, some fishing-tackle, and an
extraordinarily dirty, empty glass fish tank. There was also, at the
moment the story begins, a mass of crystal, worked into the shape of
an egg and brilliantly polished. And at that two people, who stood
outside the window, were looking, one of them a tall, thin clergyman,
the other a black-bearded young man of dusky complexion and
unobtrusive costume. The dusky young man spoke with eager
gestulation, and seemed anxious for his companion to purchase the article. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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