This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...saw more concentrated hatred than he showed in his face every time his name was mentioned. I remember how he paced the floor, declaring that it was n't fair for his life to be smashed like that, that if he failed to get the appointment it would be a blot on his character he could never live down. And Mrs. Starling, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...saw more concentrated hatred than he showed in his face every time his name was mentioned. I remember how he paced the floor, declaring that it was n't fair for his life to be smashed like that, that if he failed to get the appointment it would be a blot on his character he could never live down. And Mrs. Starling, white as a sheet, kept saying, 'You are going to get it, Bob. I got you into this and I am going to get you out of it. The Major and I will arrange some way.'" "And the Major did?" the Captain threw in sarcastically. "No, she did it herself, though of course I pulled a few wires in the War Department, and introduced her to Senator Gray, upon whose decision the whole matter hinged. It was a difficult thing to arrange, for he refused point blank to give a personal interview, as he was leaving town in a couple of hours." "I '11 wager Nina got the interview." "Well, as a matter of fact, she did. He talked with her for an hour, then asked her to lunch with him. When I called at the apartment in the afternoon Bob told me Senator Gray had thought it best for her to go down to Washington with him to clinch the matter." "So that was how Bob got his commission!" The Captain leaned back in his chair and smiled. "There is nobody like her. She's so frail and yielding and yet so irresistible. It is n't merely her beauty. I've seen a dozen women I thought were prettier. It's something more, something a blind man would feel. You say she has not changed much?" "Well, I suppose she has," Richards admitted; "her figure perhaps more than her coloring." "Naturally. A clever woman finds it easier to camouflage her complexion than to camouflage her figure." "She can't ch...
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Very Good. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Very good condition.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo.; 238 pages.