... extravagance of it had worried her in
a half-guilty way all day.
The salt chill ofthe air that is the blessing of all the bay cities after the sun goes
down crept in about them. They heard the switch ...
Supper finished, she cleared the table and began washing the dishes at the sink.
When he evinced the intention of wiping them, she caught him by the lapels ofthe
coat and backed him into ...
CHAPTER 1
The first evening after the marriage night Saxon met Billy at the door as he came
up the front steps. After their embrace, and as they crossed the parlor hand in hand
toward the kitchen,...
... opulence. Besides, she had mentioned the
names of other men, but not his.
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BOOK 2
CHAPTER 2
Despite the fastidiousness of her housekeeping, Saxon, once she ... minutiae of instruction in the art of fine
washing. Further, she was fascinated and excited by all the newness and
strangeness ofthe withered old woman who blew upon her the breath of wider ... and looks. In other ways after my father, the
blue-eyed Celt with the fairy song on his tongue and the restless feet that stole the
rest of him away to far-wandering. And the feet of him that...
... you of women's ways
with men, and of men's ways with women, the best of them and the worst of them.
Of the brute that is in all men, ofthe queerness of them that breaks the hearts of ... called the washing of fine linen an art. But it is not for itself alone. The
greatest ofthe arts is the conquering of men. Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is
the reason for their existence. ... not know? Of their own husbands they
will relate the most intimate love-secrets to other women. Men never do this of
their wives. Explain it. There is only one way. In all things of love women...
... apiece for them. We
will consult about them. The profit will more than provide material for your own."
The more Saxon saw of Mercedes Higgins the less did she understand her. That the
old ... financial and economic problem of
keeping house in a society where the cost of living rose faster than the wages of
industry. And here the old woman taught her the science of marketing so
thoroughly ... keener desire for the best, though never ignoring
the need for economy. From the women's pages ofthe Sunday supplements, and
from the women's magazines in thefree reading room two...
... "These union
agitators get the railroad sore. They give me the cramp, the way they butt in an' stir
up trouble. If I was boss I'd cut the wages of any man that listened to them." ... desperately for the razor. "I've
been watching the barbers from the sidewalk. This is what they do after the lather
is on."
And thereupon she proceeded to rub the lather in with ... the solemnity
of an oath. "Not so's you can see it. Never again for yours truly."
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JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 5
Four eventful things happened in the...
... at the same time cool with the
coolness of content.
"In the old days the great of earth were buried with their live slaves with them. I
but take my flimsies, my dear."
"Then ... at his luck. And
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JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 6
The trafficking between Saxon and Mercedes increased. The latter commanded a
ready market for all the fine work Saxon ... afraid of him. Be afraid only ofthe salt vats
and the things men may do with your pretty flesh after you are dead."
then, up through the brine, he drew a woman, and by the face of her...
... and there was
two kinds of us, the lions and the plugs. The plugs only worked, the lions only
gobbled. They gobbled the farms, the mines, the factories, an' now they've gobbled
the ... thumbs donn. Here's where the last ofthe
Mohegans gets theirs, in the neck, ker-whop!"
"And if they'd ben smart they'd a-held on to them," she interpolated.
"Sure ... VALLEY OFTHE MOON
JACK LONDON
BOOK 2
CHAPTER 7
Billy quarreled with good fortune. He suspected he was too prosperous on the
wages he received. What with the accumulating savings account, the...
... vile
abuse that it had brought the blush of shame to Saxon's cheeks. On the stoop ofthe
house on the other side, Saxon had noted Mercedes, in the height ofthe beating up,
looking on with ... already in the neighborhood, where lived the families ofthe
shopmen who had gone out on strike. Among the small storekeepers, Saxon, in the
course ofthe daily marketing, could sense the air of despondency. ... shoes yes, and spun the cloth ofthe clothes they wore.
And something ofthe wistfulness in Tom's face she could see as she recollected it
when he talked of his dream of taking up government...
... " ;The last ofthe
Mohegans, the last ofthe Mohegans." Then he groaned, and the eyelids drooped
down again. He was not dead. She knew that, The chest still rose and fell, and the
gurgling ... between the front of her house and
the steps. And as they had done, so were they done by. No effort was made to
arrest. They were clubbed down and shot down to the last man by the guardians of
the ... had become wedged at the neck between the tops
of the pickets of her fence. His body hung down outside, the knees not quite
touching the ground. His hat had fallen off, and the sun was making...
... jobs. They've
bucked up real high an' mighty what of all that killin' the other day. Havin' the
troops out is half the fight, along with havin' the preachers an' the ... an' as many more ofthe fifteen as they can. They say that flat. The
Tribune, an' the Enquirer an' the Times keep sayin' it over an over every day.
They're all union-hustin' ... papers an' the
public behind 'em. They're shootin' off their mouths already about what they're
goin' to do. They're sure gunning for trouble. First, they're...
... as the unities of time and place and
the use of chorus): "I see not then, but we should enjoy the same licence, or free
power to illustrate and heighten our invention as they [the ancients] ... humour is
the finding out of things to the end of fooling everybody: of course he is fooled in
the end himself. But it was not Jonson's theories alone that made the success of
"Every ... to the trade. As a youth he attracted the attention ofthe famous
antiquary, William Camden, then usher at Westminster School, and there the
poet laid the solid foundations of his classical learning....