CHAPTER III

AT THE GREENE MANSION (_Tuesday, November 9; 2.30 p. m._) The Greene mansion—as it was commonly referred to by New Yorkers—was a relic of the city’s _ancien régime_. It had stood for three generations at the eastern extremity of 53d Street, two of its oriel windows actually overhanging the murky waters of the East River. The lot upon which the house was built extended through the entire block—a distance of two hundred feet—and had an equal frontage on the cross-streets. The character of the neighb…