Salthaven

Excerpt: “Mr. John Vyner, ship-owner, pushed his chair back from his writing-table and gazed with kindly condescension at the chief clerk as he stood before it with a handful of papers. 'We shall be able to relieve you of some of your work soon, Hartley,' he said, slowly. 'Mr. Robert will come into the firm next week.' The chief clerk bowed. 'Three years at Cambridge,' resumed Mr. Vyner, meditativ...