In the Days of the Comet Book First Chapter First Section 3

In which two young men, burdened with the weighty discontents of their industrial world, wander the streets beneath the somber twilight, discoursing with youthful zeal on the injustices and hopes that shape their vision of society. Their vigorous conversations, set against a backdrop of smoky factories and gas-lit lanes, reveal the ferment of minds eager to wrest meaning and remedy from a troubled existence.