The Eight Forty-Five

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Excerpt from The Eight Forty-Five: Extracts From the Diary of John Skinner a CommuterMrs. Weston's. When I had thawed my hands by holding them over the gas jet in the kitchen, I built a fire in the range and then went to work on the Baltimore heater. I remember how enthusiastic my landlady was about the Baltimore heater: So much better than an open fireplace, and yet, when the ¿ame shines through the isinglass windows, just how cozy! As I lay on my back, trying to heave the grate into place after it had fallen out, I remembered her enthusiasm, but my mouth was too full of ashes for me to express my self clearly about it. I thought, how ever, of several things I would say to her if her husband were not a lawyer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.