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They are newish, three storied buildings of dingy grey brick with slate roofs, and they are perfectly flat, without a bow window or even a projecting cornice or window sill to break the straightness of the line from one end of the street to the other. THEY ARE NEWISH THREE STORIED BUILDINGS OF DINGY GREY BRICK WITH SLATE ROOFS AND THEY ARE PERFECTLY FLAT WITHOUT A BAR WINDOW OR EVEN A PROJECTING CORNICE OR WINDOW SILL TO BREAK THE STRAIGHTNESS OF THE LINE FROM ONE END OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER
 Liza of Lambeth Author: W. Somerset Maugham Release Date: August 12, 2005 [EBook #16517] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIZA OF LAMBETH *** Produced by Mark C. Orton, Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net _Liza of Lambeth_ SOMERSET MAUGHAM PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group First published in Great Britain by William Heinemann Ltd 1897 1 It was the first Saturday afternoon in August; it had been broiling hot all day, with a cloudless sky, and the sun had been beating down on the houses, so that the top rooms were like ovens; but now with the approach of evening it was cooler, and everyone in Vere Street was out of doors. Vere street, Lambeth, is a short, straight street leading out of the Westminster Bridge Road; it has forty houses on one side and forty houses on the other, and these eighty houses are very much more like one another than ever peas are like peas, or young ladies like young ladies.  CHAPTER ONE OF LIZOR OF LAMBETH THIS IS THE LIBER BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY HAT AND FORTY THREE BLOGGED DE LA CAIZINNE DOT WORD PRESS DOT CON LISER OF LAMBETH BY W SOMERSET MOORE ONE IT WAS THE FIRST SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN AUGUST IT HAD BEEN BROILING HOT ALL DAY WITH A CLOUDLESS SKY AND THE SUN HAD BEEN BEATING DOWN ON THE HOUSES SO THAT THE TOP ROOMS WERE LIKE OVENS BUT NOW WITH THE APPROACH OF EVENING IT WAS COOLER AND EVERYONE IN VERE STREET WAS OUT OF DOORS BEERS STREET LAMBETH IS A SHORT STRAIGHT STREET LEADING OUT OF THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD IT HAS FORTY HOUSES ON ONE SIDE AND FORTY HOUSES ON THE OTHER AND THESE EIGHTY HOUSES ARE VERY MUCH MORE LIKE ONE ANOTHER THAN EVER PIZA LIKE PEAS OR YOUNG LADIES LIKE YOUNG LADIES
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