The first
chapter ofnovel
helps create great interest in the narrative that will
follow that
chapter.
As the chapter begins, an elderly narrator describes
how
he enjoys walking through the streets of London, especially during the
evenings, when he can let
his imagination ponder the possible stories of the
people he passes. He comments on the habit
almost all people have of
stopping, as the cross bridges, to look down into the river below. He
considers the different thoughts people have as they look down on the passing waters.
Some
people think of how the river leads to the sea; some poorer people think
of the apparently easy
lives of men who work on barges; and some other poor
people think of a plunge into the river as
an easy way to kill
themselves.
As the narrator continues walking, he is
approached by a small girl who seems lost. She asks him for directions to a particular
street.
Concerned about her safety, the narrator offers to lead her
to...
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