He read one page of superlatives and, turned for relief to the study of a Belgian time-table. And when, at the bookstand on Aix-la-Chapelle station, he saw and purchased a dime novel that was comprehensively entitled Only an Extra, or the Pride of Hollywood, he was less concerned as to how this thrilling and dog-eared romance came to be on offer at half a million marks (this was in the days when marks were worth money) than as to the circumstances in which he would again hear or read the word extras in the sense of a supernumerary and unimportant screen actress.
He believed, for example, that if he saw a green crow in a field he would certainly see another green crow before the day was out. 978-963-522-686-3 Chapter 1 THE HEAD-HUNTERĬAPTAIN MIKE BRIXAN had certain mild and innocent superstitions.
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