Excerpt from The Inevitable Book

Norton Brainard was seated comfortably in a chair in his den. He was surrounded by shelves on shelves of books. Even in the most strenuous days of his upward climb he had been a great reader. The furnishings of the room were luxurious enough, but there was a well-bred quiet about them which kept the luxury from offending the fastidious eye.

The hour was late, but Norton Brainard, just in from a dinner of the Chamber of Commerce, was in no mood for sleep. He looked lazily into the fire which he had lighted. It was crackling and chattering in the most friendly sort of fashion. A comfortable complacent sense of well-being stole over Norton Brainard's senses.

The dinner had been given in his honor.

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