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The Lure of the Little Drum (Classic Reprint)
The Lure of the Little Drum - Classic Reprint Author:Margaret Peterson Excerpt from The Lure of the Little Drum — Madam made a comfortable living out of her Venez Manger restaurant perhaps something in the per suasiveness of the name - oi which she was justly proud - had something to do with its popularity. She made also in the renting out of the top rooms of her establish ment to women, from whom, if luck was with ... more »her and them, she could extort fabulous sums. Unfortunate women, driven pitilessly from pillar to post, paying willingly all the money they could raise for the privilege of being allowed to rest a little while under the sanctuary, one might almost say the respectability of Madam's roof.
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