The Van Suyden SapphiresDodd, Mead, 1905 - 333 páginas |
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... tell me he's rich as Croesus , too . Got an ancestral castle somewhere in the Highlands , and all that sort of thing . " " If you are referring to Captain McCracken , Elida , ” I cried indignantly , my cheeks flushing scarlet , " let me ...
... tell me he's rich as Croesus , too . Got an ancestral castle somewhere in the Highlands , and all that sort of thing . " " If you are referring to Captain McCracken , Elida , ” I cried indignantly , my cheeks flushing scarlet , " let me ...
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... tell you anything ; although he is awfully clever at drawing you out . " She added this last a bit ruefully . " But nobody knows for sure what he does , or who he is , or where he comes from . It is the very mystery about him which ...
... tell you anything ; although he is awfully clever at drawing you out . " She added this last a bit ruefully . " But nobody knows for sure what he does , or who he is , or where he comes from . It is the very mystery about him which ...
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... relieve you of all further responsibility . " " I tell you I don't like it , Elida , " I muttered . " Suppose some one should break into my apart- ment on Monday night and rob me of the neck- 25 THE VAN SUYDEN SAPPHIRES.
... relieve you of all further responsibility . " " I tell you I don't like it , Elida , " I muttered . " Suppose some one should break into my apart- ment on Monday night and rob me of the neck- 25 THE VAN SUYDEN SAPPHIRES.
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... he stammered angrily under stress of an evident unwillingness to tell me just what had happened . " He refused to change his message , " I quietly supplied . The Captain's eyes gave me a glance of admir- ing 35 THE VAN SUYDEN SAPPHIRES.
... he stammered angrily under stress of an evident unwillingness to tell me just what had happened . " He refused to change his message , " I quietly supplied . The Captain's eyes gave me a glance of admir- ing 35 THE VAN SUYDEN SAPPHIRES.
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... tell . Perhaps it was the note of decision in his voice , or the impelling glance of his bold , keen eyes ? Perhaps I felt instinctively the sincerity of his desire to aid me . Beside me on the seat lay Captain McCracken's great fur ...
... tell . Perhaps it was the note of decision in his voice , or the impelling glance of his bold , keen eyes ? Perhaps I felt instinctively the sincerity of his desire to aid me . Beside me on the seat lay Captain McCracken's great fur ...
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actress admit affair afternoon asked asserted Baggerly Baggerly's broke brown derby Captain McCracken caught chance cigar confess course cried dear detectives door dream Duncan eager eagerly Elida Yeats Estelle evidence explain eyes face felt fur coat gave gerly girl give glance gown Grand Central Station Gwen Gwendolen hand Harry Glenn head heart hurried Jerry Bender knew laughed lips look maid ment Miss Bramblestone Miss Yeats morning necklace nenthal never night once Onyx Court opals overmaster Panatela police question quick realised reason robbery rubies safe sapphire necklace seemed shoulders simply smile Sonnenthal Sonnenthal's sort station stolen jewels stones story suppose sure surprise suspicion Suyden Suyden's sapphires tell theory thief thieves thing thought threw tiara tion told tone took train turned Van Suyden voice waiting Wheaton whispered window woman words
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Página 155 - Because of the tobacco smoke? It is unkind of you to discover me. We lonely women, you know, are apt to pick up that rather solacing habit." As I spoke, partly to bear out my words, and partly to conceal a confusion I could not overcome, I took up a cigarette from the table and pushed the box toward him. But, truth to tell, I really loathe tobacco, and for all my efforts 151 I could not repress a slight grimace of disgust as I drew in the smoke. "I am afraid, like myself, you prefer a cigar," said...
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