Chapter 14: A Rise in the World

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌⁠The Happy Heart was an ideal resting-place for a tired man, whether town or country-bred. To the former it made the stronger appeal, for there could be no greater contrast than between The Happy Heart and the flaring brazen public-houses which offer solace to the dwellers of the pavement. These attract by their fierce pledges of light, warmth and the stimulated oblivion of the moment; The Happy He