Excerpt from Pagan Love<br><br>Aha! The sun had topped them now, topped that temple roof with sheen of gold. A shining stream of gold it was that dropped down leaf by leaf till at last the lowest foliage sparkled in the rays of the great alchemist.<br><br>Seven o'clock struck, and the loiterer rose to go. Thinking no doubt of breakfast, the peacock shrieked. Mockingly our hero raised his hat in adieu. Then tightened his belt through the park till he came to King Street, Hammersmith.<br><br>Crossing the street, he looked in at the window of an old curiosity shop. A Chinese Buddha carved in ivory and curiously curving, as no doubt the original tusk had curved, fatuously smiled upon him. Had the loiterer found even a coin in his pocket, he would have flung it through the window at this pale tormentor.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.