- Taschenbuch: 78 Seiten
- Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (1. August 2009)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0217003605
- ISBN-13: 978-0217003605
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 15,2 x 22,9 x 0,5 cm
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Pettigood the wily, Pettigood the destined, saw that now the winning cards were his. He felt, too, that for the moment he held his two interlocutors in the hollow of his hand. "Mr. Tempest," he said, with a readiness of phrasing which was new to him, and which he recognised as the outcome of a great situation, "is frequently spoken of as a Model, I may say the Model Stockbroker. He is that, fully. But he is much more than that. He is the most discreet of men, and, furthermore, outside his official capacity, one of the most chivalrous, and of the most sensitive disposition." Professor Sapley looked impressed. Mrs. Sapley sighed, gently. "He left," continued Pettigood pursuing his advantage, "hurriedly, yet with dignity and consideration. He told me quietly but emphatically" (where, save from a guiding Destiny, gat Pettigood this readiness of lying?) "that important business called him away, he could not tell for how long." Pettigood raised a warning hand lest the others should check the flow of mendacious eloquence. "I was to take charge in his absence and to put everything in order. I think it possible, I may say, knowing him as I do, that I consider it probable, not to say certain, that his departure was due to that extraordinary delicacy of feeling which I have mentioned. He was upset. He wished to spare--ahem! others as much--as much as possible. I was to take charge and put everything in order. It will be an arduous task--very arduous." Having thus discharged the last shot from a kind of Maxim of the brain which astonished himself by its sudden spring into existence, Pettigood stared hard and meaningly at the Sapleys, Professor and helpmeet. How gratified was Mrs. Sapley in the recesses of her heart, and how proud of her chivalrous and delicate admirer! She ...
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