The King in Yellow

How it begins

“Ne raillons pas les fous; leur folie dure plus longtemps que la nôtre.... Voila toute la différence.” Toward the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted during the last months of President Winthrop’s administration. The country was apparently tranquil. Everybody knows how the Tariff and Labour questions were settled.