Excerpt: ... is a rest. We shall have to be back in town in a fortnight, I suppose." "George could quite well have waited for a day or two," Lady Ranscomb declared. "I went out to see the Muirs, at Forteviot, and when I got back he told me he had just had a telegram telling him that it was imperative he should be in town to-morrow morning. I tried to persuade him to stay, but he declared it to be impossible." "An appointment with a lady, perhaps," laughed Dorise mischievously. "What next, my dear! You know he is over head ...
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Excerpt: ... is a rest. We shall have to be back in town in a fortnight, I suppose." "George could quite well have waited for a day or two," Lady Ranscomb declared. "I went out to see the Muirs, at Forteviot, and when I got back he told me he had just had a telegram telling him that it was imperative he should be in town to-morrow morning. I tried to persuade him to stay, but he declared it to be impossible." "An appointment with a lady, perhaps," laughed Dorise mischievously. "What next, my dear! You know he is over head and ears in love with you!" "Oh! That's quite enough, mother. You've told me that lots of times before. But I tell you quite frankly his love leaves me quite cold." "Ah! dear. That reply is, after all, but natural. You, of course, won't confess the truth," her mother laughed. "I do, mother. I'm heartily glad the fellow has gone. I hate his supercilious manner, his superior tone, and his unctuous bearing. He's simply odious! That's my opinion." Her mother looked at her severely across the table. "Please remember, Dorise, that George is my friend." "I never forget that," said the girl meaningly, as she rose and left the table. Half an hour later, when she entered her bedroom, she found Duncan, her maid, awaiting her. "Oh! I've been waiting to see you this half hour, miss," she said. "I couldn't get you alone. Just before eight o'clock, as I was about to enter the park by the side gate near Bervie Farm, a gentleman approached me and asked if my name was Duncan. I told him it was, and then he gave me this to give to you in secret. He also gave me a pound note, miss, to say nothing about it." And the prim lady's maid handed her young mistress a small white envelope upon which her name was written. Opening it, she found a plain visiting card which bore the words in a man's handwriting: "Would it be possible for you to meet me to-night at ten at the spot where I have given this to your maid? Urgent.
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Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint 315 pages, blue boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Owners name inside front cover. Back cover to spine beginning to loosen at bottom and pages 226-227 but still tight elsewhere. White pages and clean.
