How Long to Read A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 9 minutes to read A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories by Robert W. Chambers

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

AT ten minutes before five in the evening the office doors of the Florida and Key West Railway Company flew open, and a young man emerged in a hurry.Suit-case in one hand, umbrella in the other, he sped along the corridor to the elevator-shaft, arriving in time to catch a glimpse of the lighted roof of the cage sliding into depths below.“Down!” he shouted; but the glimmering cage disappeared, descending until darkness enveloped it.Then the young man jammed his hat on his head, seized the suit-case and umbrella, and galloped down the steps. The spiral marble staircase echoed his clattering flight; scrub-women heard him coming and fled; he leaped a pail of water and a mop; several old gentlemen flattened themselves against the wall to give him room; and a blond young person with pencils in her hair lisped “Gee!” as he whizzed past and plunged through the storm-doors, which swung back, closing behind him with a hollow thwack.Outside in the darkness, gray with whirling snowflakes, he saw the wet lamps of cabs shining, and he darted along the line of hansoms and coupés in frantic search for his own.“Oh, there you are!” he panted, flinging his suit-case up to a snow-covered driver. “Do your best now; we're late!” And he leaped into the dark coupé, slammed the door, and sank back on the cushions, turning up the collar of his heavy overcoat.There was a young lady in the farther corner of the cab, buried to her nose in a fur coat. At intervals she shivered and pressed a fluffy muff against her face. A glimmer from the sleet-smeared lamps fell across her knees.Down-town flew the cab, swaying around icy corners, bumping over car-tracks, lurching, rattling, jouncing, while its silent occupants, huddled in separate corners, brooded moodily at their respective windows.Snow blotted the glass, melting and running down; and over the watery panes yellow light from shop windows played fantastically, distorting vision.Presently the young man pulled out his watch, fumbled for a match-box, struck a light, and groaned as he read the time.At the sound of the match striking, the young lady turned her head. Then, as the bright flame illuminated the young man's face, she sat bolt upright, dropping the muff to her lap with a cry of dismay.He looked up at her. The match burned his fingers; he dropped it and hurriedly lighted another; and the flickering radiance brightened upon the face of a girl whom he had never before laid eyes on.“Good heavens!” he said. “Where's my sister?”The young lady was startled, but resolute. “You have made a dreadful mistake,” she said; “you are in the wrong cab—”The match went out; there came a brief moment of darkness, then the cab turned a corner, and the ghostly light of electric lamps played over them in quivering succession.“Will you please stop this cab?” she said, unsteadily. “You have mistaken my cab for yours. I was expecting my brother.”

How long is A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories?

A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories by Robert W. Chambers is 126 pages long, and a total of 32,256 words.

This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 39% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 56 minutes to read A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories?

A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Stories is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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