The Triumph Of Mrs St George Volume 2

Author : Percy White
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230039923
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book The Triumph of Mrs. St. George Volume 2 written by Percy White and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...bequeathed to our stock of civilised credulity by the sombre terrors of a darker age. The simple effect of light struck her as a good omen. She was replacing Foulerton's gifts in the narrow drawer just above that which contained the silver box when a servant came and said Mr. Brooke wished to see her. What could he want? Probably her signature to some paper. She regretted his coming, not only because he interrupted a luxurious reverie, but because he had the power to drag her back to that from which she had escaped. Still she was grateful to him for saving valuable fragments of St. George's property for her, and for dealing with them with honesty and skill. Indeed, the money-lender was the only faithful ally she had made, and where he regarded his word pledged she knew him to be trustworthy. She found him in the drawing-room. His keen face was turned towards the door as she entered; behind him, through the open window, the roar of London entered. The light shone on his crisp, coarse, jet-black curls, sleek with violet-scented brilliantine; something in his manner made her nervous. "Nothing wrong?" she said. "I hope you won't think so," he replied. "What is it?" she asked. "Something Allen Herriott has been saying." Here the sickening misgiving seized her; he saw her face change and tried to encourage her. "Look here, old girl," he said, "you and I were pals for some years, but we never asked each other too many questions. I had a talk with Herriott yesterday. He's down on his luck. Business, he says, is bad, and he hasn't forgiven you for chucking him. He didn't show me his hand, but he let me see he has found out something about you...