The Vultures

This book chronicles the story of Mr. Mangles. He was a tall, slender man who carried his head in a style known as «stabbing» in female schools. He also had a clean-shaven face, a narrow forehead, sunken cheeks, and drooping lips. His outlook on the world is one of patient disdain. He had the air of shoving his way through life, chin first. The weather had been awful, but it is now pleasant. Mr. Mangles, on the other hand, was not seasick. He was a harsh, dry man who only had chronic dyspepsia and had been suffering for fifty years or more. «It's sunny,» he declared. «Women are arriving on deck; please wait for the weather to clear.» And his voice was deep and low, almost growling.