Excerpt: ...never done a mean or petty thing in all your life." "Mean and petty things never disturb a man's conscience. It's the big things that scar." "That's a platitude." "Then my end of the conversation is becoming flat." "Confess that you are eager to return to the great highways once more." "I shall confess nothing of the sort. I should like to stay here for a hundred years." "You would miss us all very much then," merrily. "And Napoleon's treasure would have gone in and out of innumerable pockets!" "Do you really ...
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Excerpt: ...never done a mean or petty thing in all your life." "Mean and petty things never disturb a man's conscience. It's the big things that scar." "That's a platitude." "Then my end of the conversation is becoming flat." "Confess that you are eager to return to the great highways once more." "I shall confess nothing of the sort. I should like to stay here for a hundred years." "You would miss us all very much then," merrily. "And Napoleon's treasure would have gone in and out of innumerable pockets!" "Do you really and truly believe that we shall bring home a single franc of it?" facing her with incredulous eyes. "Really and truly. And why not? Treasures have been found before. Fie on you for a Doubting Thomas!" "We sometimes go many miles to find, in the end, that the treasure was all the time under our very eyes." "Hyperbole!" But she looked down at the lichen again and began pealing it off the stone. She thought of a duke she knew. At this instant he would have been telling her that she was the most beautiful woman since Helen. What a relief this man at her side was! She was perfectly aware that he admired her, but he veiled his tributes with half-smiles and flashes of humor. "What a gay little man that Mr. Ferraud is!" "Lively as a cricket. Your father, I understand, is to take him as far as Marseilles. After to-night everything will be quite formal, I suppose. Honestly, I feel ill at ease in accepting your splendid hospitality. I'm an interloper. I haven't even the claim of an ordinary introduction. It has been very, very kind of you." "You know Mrs. Coldfield. I will, if you wish it, ask her to present you to me." "I am really serious." "So am I." "They will be here to-morrow?" "Yes. And in four days we sail. Oh, it is all so beautiful! A real treasure hunt." "It does not seem possible that I have been here a week. It has been a long time since I enjoyed myself so thoroughly. Have you ever wondered what has become of the other man?" "The other...
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Christy, Howard Chandler. Good. No Jacket. Book Scuffs, soils, light rub marks and edge wear; a readable copy. Bound in army green cloth with gilt lettering. 370 pages.
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