Excerpt: ...was beating with warm, vigorous life. She laughed aloud in sheer exultation, a low, merry laugh, and turned with Olga to march in triumphant procession from the field. In that instant from a gate a few yards away that led into the road there sounded the short, imperious note of a motor-horn, repeated many times in a succession of sharp blasts. Every one stood to view the intruder with startled curiosity for perhaps five seconds. Then there came a sudden squeal of rapture from Olga, and in a moment she had torn ...
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Excerpt: ...was beating with warm, vigorous life. She laughed aloud in sheer exultation, a low, merry laugh, and turned with Olga to march in triumphant procession from the field. In that instant from a gate a few yards away that led into the road there sounded the short, imperious note of a motor-horn, repeated many times in a succession of sharp blasts. Every one stood to view the intruder with startled curiosity for perhaps five seconds. Then there came a sudden squeal of rapture from Olga, and in a moment she had torn her arm free and was gone, darting like a swallow over the turf. Muriel stood looking after her, but she was as one turned to stone. She was no longer aware of the children grouped around her. She no longer saw the fleeting sunshine, or felt the drift of rain in her face. Something immense and suffocating had closed about her heart. Her racing pulses had ceased to beat. A figure familiar to her-a man's figure, unimposing in height, unremarkable in build, but straight, straight as his own sword-blade-had bounded from the car and scaled the intervening gate with monkey-like agility. He met the child's wild rush with one arm extended; the other-Muriel frowned sharply, peering with eyes half closed, then uttered a queer choked sound that had the semblance of a laugh-in place of the other arm there was an empty sleeve. Through the rush of the wind she heard his voice. "Hullo, kiddie, hullo! Hope I don't intrude. I've come over on purpose to pay my respects." Olga's answer did not reach her. She was hanging round her hero's neck, and her head was down upon Nick's shoulder. It seemed to Muriel that she was crying, but if so, she received scant sympathy from the object of her solicitude. His cracked, gay laugh rang out across the field. "What? Why, yesterday, to be sure. Spent the night in town. No, I know I didn't. Never meant to. Wanted to steal a march on you all. Why not? I say, is that-Muriel?" For the first time he seemed to perceive...
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T. Fisher Unwin. 1927. Fifty-Sixth imp. Hard Cover. Book: Poor, black titles on front board & spine, brown boards, sunned & marked, prev owners name on fep. 7.5x5. 305pp.
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Fair. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Good. Rubbing to spine and edges. Pages yellowed. Binding is starting to become loose. gift incription inside fornt page. Soiling to upper edge of pages. Some soiling to spine.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. Reprint. Green cloth stamped in dark green and red. Contemporary owner name on endpapers, gutter cracked, short tear on spine head, edges rubbed, good only copy. A novel.
