Excerpt from A Bid for Fortune: A Novel He handed the epistle to her, and being desirous Of impressing him with her business capabilities, she read it with ostentatious care. But it was noticeable that when She reached the signature she too turned back to the beginning, and then deliberately read it over again. The manager rose, crossed to the mantelpiece, and rang for the head waiter. Having relieved his feelings in this way, be seated himself again at his writing table, put on his glasses, and stared at his companion, ...
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Excerpt from A Bid for Fortune: A Novel He handed the epistle to her, and being desirous Of impressing him with her business capabilities, she read it with ostentatious care. But it was noticeable that when She reached the signature she too turned back to the beginning, and then deliberately read it over again. The manager rose, crossed to the mantelpiece, and rang for the head waiter. Having relieved his feelings in this way, be seated himself again at his writing table, put on his glasses, and stared at his companion, waiting for her to speak. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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