Louis Joseph Vance
The lone wolf; a melodrama
(RareBooksClub.com July 10, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...have been so anxious to hide it." "Oh, but I assure you--!" "You can't. Be honest with me, Mr. Lanyard. It was a offer to let you off if you'd give me up to Bannon--vasn't it?" "Something like that," he assented sheepishly--" too absurd for consideration.... But now we're due to clear out of this before they find a way in. Not that they're likely to risk a raid until they've tried starving us out; but it would be as well to put a good distance between us before they find out we've decamped." He shrugged into his borrowed raincoat, buttoned it to his chin, and turned down the brim of his felt hat; but when he looked up at the girl again, he found she hadn't moved; rather, she remained as one spellbound, staring less at than through him, her expression inscrutable. "Well," he ventured--"if you're quite ready, Miss Shannon--?" "Mr. Lanyard," she demanded almost sharply--" what was the full wording of that message?" "If you must know--" "I must!" He lifted a depreciative shoulder. "If you like, I'll read it to you--or, rather, translate it from the thieves' argot Popinot complimented me by using." "Not necessary," she said tersely. "I'll take your word for it.... But you must tell me the truth." "As you will.... Popinot delicately suggested that if I leave you here, to be reunited to your alleged parent--if I'll trust to his word of honour, that is, and walk out of the house alone, he'll give me twenty-four hours in which to leave Paris." "Then only I stand between you and--" "My dear young woman!" he protested hastily. "Please don't run away with any absurd notion like that. Do you imagine I'd consent to treat with such canaille under any circumstances?" "All the same," she continued stubbornly, "I'm the stumbling-block. You're risking your life for...
- ISBN
- 1150975415 / 9781150975417
- Weight
- 8.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.4 x 0.2 in.
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