Excerpt: ...they started talking." "Turn a deaf ear," said Hartley. "Deaf ear?" repeated the captain. "I wish I could. The last few days I've been wishing that I hadn't got ears. It's all Truefitt's doing. He's hinting now that I'm too bashful to speak up, and that weak-headed Cecilia Willett believes him. If you could only see her fussing round and trying to make things easy for me, as she considers, you'd wonder I don't go crazy." "We've all got our troubles," said Hartley, shaking his head. The indignant-captain turned ...
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Excerpt: ...they started talking." "Turn a deaf ear," said Hartley. "Deaf ear?" repeated the captain. "I wish I could. The last few days I've been wishing that I hadn't got ears. It's all Truefitt's doing. He's hinting now that I'm too bashful to speak up, and that weak-headed Cecilia Willett believes him. If you could only see her fussing round and trying to make things easy for me, as she considers, you'd wonder I don't go crazy." "We've all got our troubles," said Hartley, shaking his head. The indignant-captain turned and regarded him fiercely. "I am likely to leave Vyner and Son," said the other, slowly, "after thirty-five years." The wrath died out of the captain's face, and he regarded his old friend with looks of affectionate concern. In grim silence he listened to an account of the interview with Mr. Vyner. "You know what it all means," he said, savagely, as Hartley finished. "I-I think so," was the reply. "It means," said the captain, biting his words-"it means that unless Joan is married within three months, so as to be out of Robert Vyner's way, you will be dismissed the firm. It saves the old man's pride a bit putting it that way, and it's safer, too. And if Robert Vyner marries her he will have to earn his own living. With luck he might get thirty shillings a week." "I know," said the other. "Get her to town as soon as possible," continued the captain, impressively. He paused a moment, and added with some feeling, "That's what I'm going to do; I spoke to Mr. Vyner about it to-day. We will go up together, and I'll look after her." "I'll write to-night," said Hartley. "Not that it will make any difference, so far as I can see." "It's a step in the right direction, at any rate," retorted the captain. "It keeps her out of young Vyner's way, and it shows John Vyner that you are doing your best to meet his views, and it might make him realize that you have got a little pride, too." Partly to cheer Hartley up, and partly to avoid returning to Tranquil...
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Used-Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket. 1935 8th edition (Cheap Form), tightly bound in green cloth with black lettering to front and spine; spine slightly faded. Wear and tear to dust jacket edges and corners; paper surface worn on front; spine browned with 3/6 sticker. Top page fore-edge darkened. otherwise, a good, tidy copy.
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1908. Methuen. Hardcover. GOOD No DJ. Green cloth, gilt titles on spine and front, black illustration on spine and front, minor wear, slightly foxed page edges. 8x5.5. 309pp. B/w illustrations.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in green cloth. Dark green cloth, with decoration & lettering in black & gilt; illustrations by Will Owen. 40pp publisher's catalogue for August 1908 at rear. Owner's name dated 1914 on front free end paper. Press obituary of novelist Miss Braddon dated 1915 tipped-in on rear free end paper. A little shelf-worn, but overall a very nice copy.
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Fair. 1908-01-01. Methuen & Co. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, green cloth boards with illustrated front board and spine. Marked. Top of spine is split. Previous owners name. 8x6.
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