Other Fiction Snaith, John Collis: Henry Northcote. v1. 31 Jan 2016

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John Collis Snaith: Born : 1876 Feb 24 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England: Died : 1936 Dec 8

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Northcote sat in his chambers in Shepherd’s Inn. Down below was Fleet Street, in the thrall of a bitter December twilight. A heavy and pervasive thaw pressed its mantle upon the gaslit air; a driving sleet numbed the skin and stung the eyes of all who had to face it Pools of slush, composed in equal parts of ice, water, and mud, impeded the pavements. They invaded the stoutest boots, submerged those less resolute, and imposed not a little inconvenience upon that section of the population which, unaddicted to the wearing of boots, had dispensed with them altogether

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