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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: CHAPTER III. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE. HEN Adela arrived in Paris it suited her convenience to have a sudden fit of propriety. She could not stay in the same hotel with the Drax brothers and Lord Brodspeare. She was not usually so squeamish, so she had evidently some object in view. She retired to her room for a few hours' sleep, and then dressed and sent round her card. The three gentlemen called on her at once, and tried to persuade her to take up her quarters at their hotel, but she would not hear of it. Tom, who was getting used to her whims and fancies, easily gave in. Adela's chief object was to keep Lord Brodspeare away from England as long as possible, while she matured her plans for getting Florence out of his reach. She therefore made things as pleasant as she could, and nobody could do it better. She -determined not to allow time to hang on their hands, and she succeeded admirably. Lord Brodspeare, who had intended only to stay a day or two, remained more than a fortnight. Adela had avoided any mention of Florence. She thought it best to use all her arts to keep Lord Brodspeare with her, and the longer she could do that the more power she could gain over him, and the more easily could she get rid of Florence. By being in a separate hotel she thought shewould be freer from Tom's attentions. Poor Tom, who was delighted with her gay spirits and good-temper, did not notice that he was being treated very much as she would treat any one else. She had managed so well that she had begun to think Lord Brodspeare was contented; that he was satisfied of the truth of the statement in the letter Miss Best had forged, and had given up his search for Florence. She had looked at the Times carefully every day, and some other daily papers, but the advertisement had not...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217150668 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217150667 |
| Weight | 0.35 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.24 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 100 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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