Over the River (Classic Reprint)
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Over the River Clare, who for seventeen months had been the wife of Sir Gerald Corven of the Colonial of the Colonial Service, stood on the the boat deck of an Orient liner in the River Thames, waiting for it to dock. It was ten o´clock of a mild day in October, but she wore a thick tweed coat, for the voyage had been hot. She looked pale - indeed, a little sallow - but her clear brown eyes were fixed eagerly on the land and her slightly touched-up lips were parted, so that her face had the vividness to which it was accustomed. She stood alone, until a voice said: "Oh! here you arel" and a young man, appearing from behind a boat, stood beside her. Without turning, she said: "Absolutely perfect day! It ought to be lovely at home." "I thought you´d be staying in Town for a night at least; and we could have had a dinner and theatre. Won´t you?" "My dear young man, I shall be met." "Perfectly damnable, things coming to an end!" "Often more damnable, things beginning." He gave her a long look, and said suddenly: "Clare, you realise, of course, that I love you?" "She nodded. Yes." "But you don´t love me?" "Wholly without prejudice." "I wish - I wish you could catch fire for a moment." "I am a respectable married woman, Tony." "Coming back to England because - " "Of the climate of Ceylon." He kicked at the rail. "Just as it´s getting perfect. I´ve not said anything, but i know that your - that Corven - " About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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