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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' You might, ' he admitted, looking back. ' I should be very glad to see you doing so. It is an excellent thing?money.' And he walked leisurely away. CHAPTER III. A FAREWELL. Since called The raradise of Fools, to few unknown. Having been taught to take all the chances and changes of life with a well-bred calmness of demeanour, Jack Meredith turned the teaching against the instructor. He pursued the course of his social duties without appearing to devote so much as a thought to the quarrel which had taken place in the conservatory. His smile was as ready as ever, his sight as keen where an elderly lady looked hungry, his laughter as near the surface as society demands. It is probable that Sir John suffered more, though he betrayed nothing. Youth has the upper hand in these cases, for life is a larger thing when we are young. As we get on in years, our eggs, to use a homely simile, have a way of accumulating into one basket. At eleven o'clock the next morning Sir John Meredith's valet intimated to his master that Mr. Meredith was waiting in the breakfast-room. Sir John was in the midst of his toilet?a complicated affair, which, like other works of art, would not bear contemplation when incomplete. ' Tell him, ' said the uncompromising old gentleman, ' that I will come down when I am ready.' He made a more careful toilet than usual, and finally came down in a gay tweed suit, of which the general effect was distinctly heightened by a pair of white gaiters. He was upright, trim, and perfectly determined. Jack noted that his clothes looked a little emptier than usual?that was all. ' Well, ' said the father, ' I suppose we both made fools of ourselves last night.' ' I have not yet seen you do that, ' replied the son, laying aside the morning paper which he had
| ISBN-13 | 9780217075152 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217075150 |
| Weight | 1.74 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.21 In |
| List Price | $33.68 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 542 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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