Letters of Travel Author:Rudyard Kipling We were content, and more than content, to drift aimlessly up and down the brilliant streets, wondering a little why the finest light should be wasted on the worst pavements in the world; to walk round and round Madison Square, because that was full of beautifully dressed babies playing counting-out games, or to gaze reverently at the broad-shou... more »ldered, pug-nosed Irish New York policemen.« less