The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 997, February 4, 1899

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 997, February 4, 1899

Roy forgot everything except the affair on hand. He dashed upstairs and into the salon at a headlong pace, knocking over a chair as he entered. It fell with a crash, and Roy stopped short. Denham was on the sofa, no one else being present except Lucille, who, with her bonnet on, as if she were going out, had just taken an empty cup from his hand. Mrs. Baron had a call to pay in the same direction. Captain Ivor thought he might get half-an-hours sleep. Roy, be good, I entreat. Do not fidget, and knock over chairs, and talk, talk, talk, without ending. Roy sat down in a favourite attitude, facing the back of a chair, and wondering what to do next. Would it be right to tell Denham what had happened? Would it be wrong to put off telling? Curtis had enjoined him to speak at once; but Curtis had not known the posture of affairs. The matter might be of consequence, or it might not. Roy was disquieted, but not seriously uneasy; and he hesitated to worry Denham without cause. Ivor did not protest, as Roy had half hoped. He was evidently dropping off, and Roy decided that a short delay was unavoidable. He took up a volume that lay near; and, being no longer a book-hater, he became absorbed in its contents. General Wirion, chips of wood, the Imperial nose, and irate landladies, faded out of his mind. The matter was no doubt a pity, but after all it meant onlyso Roy supposeda pull upon his fathers purse. Boys are apt to look upon parental purses as unlimited in depth. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 56071
Author: Various
Release Date: Nov 28, 2017
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Language: English