The Great Secret
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781407655093
Paperback|9781407655093
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Excerpt: ...with an eyeglass dangling at her bosom, suddenly bore down upon us. "Adele " she exclaimed, "have you seen my woman? I've forgotten the number of my state-room." "It is opposite mine," Adele answered. "I can show it to you." They passed on together. The fair, little lady had favored me with a very perfunctory and somewhat insolent glance; Adele herself left me without a word. I went into the saloon, took my place for dinner, and then sought the deck for some fresh air. I felt that I needed it. A slight, drizzling rain was falling, but I took no notice of it. I walked backwards and forwards along the promenade deck, my pipe in my mouth, my hands clasped behind me. The appearance of Adele had been so utterly unexpected that I felt myself almost unnerved. For six days we should be living in the close intimacy which fellow passengers upon a steamer find it almost difficult to avoid. Our opportunities for conversation would be practically unlimited. If indeed Guest's suspicions as to the reason of her presence here were well founded, a single slip on my part might mean disaster. And yet, beneath it all, I knew quite well that her near presence was a delight to me My blood was running more warmly, my heart was the lighter for the thought of her near presence. Danger might come of it, the success of our undertaking itself might be imperilled-yet I was glad. I leaned over the vessel's side, and gazed through the gathering twilight at the fast receding shores, with their maze of yellow lights. Life had changed for me during the last few weeks. The old, placid days of content were over; already I was in a new world, a world of bigger things, where the great game was being played, with the tense desperateness of those who gamble with life and death. I had not sought the change Rather it had been forced upon me. I had no ambitions to gratify; the old life had pleased me very well. I had quitted it simply upon compulsion. And here I was with unfamiliar...
| ISBN-13 | 9781407655093 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1407655094 |
| Weight | 0.72 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.51 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $15.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 242 pages |
| Publisher | Hardpress Publishing |
| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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