Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1912 - 344 pagine |
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Pagina 34
... Geddie read the column of print . Following a listed statement of Mr. Tolliver's real estate and bonds , came a descrip- tion of the yacht's furnishings , and then the grain of news no bigger than a mustard seed . Mr. Tolliver , with a ...
... Geddie read the column of print . Following a listed statement of Mr. Tolliver's real estate and bonds , came a descrip- tion of the yacht's furnishings , and then the grain of news no bigger than a mustard seed . Mr. Tolliver , with a ...
Pagina 36
... Geddie intended to marry Paula - if , of course , she would consent ; but he felt rather sure that she would do that . Somehow , he kept postponing his proposal . Several times he had been quite near to it ; but a mysterious something ...
... Geddie intended to marry Paula - if , of course , she would consent ; but he felt rather sure that she would do that . Somehow , he kept postponing his proposal . Several times he had been quite near to it ; but a mysterious something ...
Pagina 37
... Geddie and Paula as soon as he should make up his mind to speak about it . By the time two hours were whiled away the consul tired of reading . The papers lay scattered about him on the gallery . Reclining there , he gazed dream- ily ...
... Geddie and Paula as soon as he should make up his mind to speak about it . By the time two hours were whiled away the consul tired of reading . The papers lay scattered about him on the gallery . Reclining there , he gazed dream- ily ...
Pagina 39
... Geddie went into his office and sat down to dawdle over his report . If the reading of the article in the paper had left him unshaken , this silent passing of the Idalia had done for him still more . It had brought the calm and peace of ...
... Geddie went into his office and sat down to dawdle over his report . If the reading of the article in the paper had left him unshaken , this silent passing of the Idalia had done for him still more . It had brought the calm and peace of ...
Pagina 40
... Geddie picked it up . The thing was a long - necked wine bottle of colourless glass . The cork had been driven in tight- ly to the level of the mouth , and the end covered with dark - red sealing - wax . The bottle contained only what ...
... Geddie picked it up . The thing was a long - necked wine bottle of colourless glass . The cork had been driven in tight- ly to the level of the mouth , and the end covered with dark - red sealing - wax . The bottle contained only what ...
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