{"product_id":"2940013919051","title":"The Devil's Garden: A Study of Obsessive Passion and Adultery! A Fiction and Literature, Romance Classic By W. B. Maxwell! AAA+++","description":"Excerpt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For your proper understanding,\" said the postmaster, \"I'll ask you once more to cast your eye over the position of the instruments;\" and he marched Mr. Ridgett from the sorting-room to the public office, and showed him the gross error that had been committed in placing the whole telegraphic apparatus right at the front, close to the window, merely screened from the public eye and the public ear by glass partition-work, instead of placing it all at the back, out of everybody's way. \"I told them it was wrong from the first--when they were refitting the office, at the time of the extensions. My experience at Portsmouth had taught me the danger.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt seemed that one evening, about three weeks ago, a certain soldier on leave had been lounging against the counter, close to the glass screen. On the other side of the screen the apparatus was clicking merrily while Miss Yorke, the telegraph clerk, despatched a message. And all at once the soldier, who was well versed in the code, began to recite the message aloud. The postmaster peremptorily ordered him to stand away from the counter. An altercation ensued, and the soldier became so impudent that the postmaster threatened to put him outside the door. \"Oh,\" said the soldier, \"it'd take a many such as you to put me out.\"","brand":"BDP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083334664432,"sku":"2940013919051","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013919051_p0.jpg?v=1763601403","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013919051","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}