The Three Impostors / or The Transmutations

Arthur Machen

Dyson felt that the individual beside him was something more than compact of vulgarity

The man was dressed in quiet taste, and the most scrupulous observer could find nothing amiss with the fashion or make of his clothes, yet, from his hat to his boots, everything seemed inappropriate.

By the mistaken benevolence of deceased relatives both young men were placed out of reach of hunger