A solitary traveller steps from the train in a high mountain town, his battered portmanteau plastered with the labels of hotels in every quarter of the globe. Murray works back through the wanderer’s life, to a youth in Paris, a girl named Annette, a night at the Mabille, and a point of honour that cost him dear.
A late, reflective novel by a prolific Victorian storyteller, for readers who like character studies with a long reach. Download the free EPUB.