The Carcellini Emerald, With Other Tales

The Carcellini Emerald, With Other Tales

The Carcellini Emerald--An Author's Reading and Its Consequences--Leander of Betsy's Pride--The Three Misses Benedict at Yale--A Girl of the Period--The Stolen Stradivarius--Wanted: A Chaperon How did Ashton Carmichael come by his aristocratic and decidedly individual place as a dictator in New Yorks smart society? Nobody knew; nobody really cared. In his set it was sufficient for one sheep to jump, and all the rest would follow. He was as much a power as was Beau Brummell over modish London in the days of the Regency. Asked everywhere, deferred to with bated breath by new aspirants, he was seen only at the houses of authenticated fashion. In the clubs to which he belongedand the list of them was long, following his name in the Social Registersome men affected to pooh-pooh his right to membership; but rarely was there a member of a committee on admissions found to vote against him on the score of fitness. Good-looking, gentlemanlike, amusing when it suited him to be so, sarcasticand, on occasion, offensively snobbishhis uncertainties of mood lent zest to pursuit by his admirers. He had no[4] known income beyond that derived from a nebulous business in real estate in which he was alleged to hold a partnership. His place of residence was in a couple of cheapish rooms in an out-of-the-way neighborhood. But all the good things of life seemed to fall easily to his share; and winter and summer, on land, at sea, he was heard of, in ripe enjoyment of luxuries earned or inherited by other people. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64242
Author: Harrison, Burton
Release Date: Jan 9, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English