Author: Ethel SidgwickPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428950194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Excerpt from Duke Jones If this were a detective story, said Charles to Violet, one early afternoon, during that drowsy period when most Of the seaside world, after the effort Of a morning bathe, is snoozing contentedly on beach or balcony, I Should assume at once that Jones was after your pearls. His colorless manner is against him. Shall we assume it? Certainly not, said Violet, who was engaged on a business letter, and being badly interrupted by Charles at intervals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.