Excerpt: ...And there lies Henry MacFarlane blind as a bat as to what is going on! Oh!-really, Peter, there cannot be anything more absurd." During the outbreak Peter stood leaning on his umbrella, a smile playing over his smooth-shaven face, his eyes snapping as if at some inwardly suppressed fun. These were the kind of outbursts Peter loved. It was only when Felicia was about to come over to your way of thinking that she talked like this. It was her way of hearing the other side. "Dreadful!-dreadful!" sighed Peter, ...
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Excerpt: ...And there lies Henry MacFarlane blind as a bat as to what is going on! Oh!-really, Peter, there cannot be anything more absurd." During the outbreak Peter stood leaning on his umbrella, a smile playing over his smooth-shaven face, his eyes snapping as if at some inwardly suppressed fun. These were the kind of outbursts Peter loved. It was only when Felicia was about to come over to your way of thinking that she talked like this. It was her way of hearing the other side. "Dreadful!-dreadful!" sighed Peter, looking the picture of woe. "Love in a garret-everybody in rags, -one meal a day-awful situation! Something's got to be done at once. I'll begin by taking up a collection this very day. In the meantime, Felicia, I'll just keep on to Jack's and see how his arm's getting on and his head. As to his heart, -I'll talk to Ruth and see-" "Are you crazy, Peter? You will do nothing of the kind. If you do, I will-" But Peter, his hat in the air, was now out of hearing. When he reached the mud line he turned, drew his umbrella as if from an imaginary scabbard, made a military salute, and, with a suppressed gurgle in his throat, kept on to Jack's room. Somehow the sunshine had crept into the old fellow's veins this morning. None of Miss Felicia's pins for him! Ruth, from her place by the sitting-room window, had seen the two talking and had opened the front door, before Miss Felicia's hand touched the bell. She had already subjected Peter to a running fire of questions while he was taking his coffee and thus had the latest intelligence down to the moment when Peter turned low Jack's light and had tucked him in. He was asleep when Peter had peered into his cramped room early this morning, and the bulletin therefore could go no further. "And how is he, aunty?" Ruth asked in a breathless tone before the front door could be closed. "Getting on splendidly, my dear. Slept pretty well. It is a dreadful place for any one to be in, but I suppose he is...
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Keller, A. I. Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dark green boards are scuffed with rubbed edges. First 3 sheets are partially detatched. Dampstain in lower corner of margin intermittently through the sheets, not in text. P. 257 detatched, but present.
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A. I. Keller. near fine, none. 8vo, 481 + 1, Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. An attractive Scribner's reprint of the 1908 novel. Minor scuffing on front cover.
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4 b/w illus / Plates By Frank Craig. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall VG in cloth (sl stains/rub to covers; sl int browning). small 8vo [6], 482pp +plts Illustrated by A.I. Keller. BAL #18247.
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A. I. Keller. Good. No Jacket. G hb in green boards, no dj, hinges loose, ink mark on cover page, minor shelf wear to covers and cover edges, pages lightly yellowed, text tight and free of marking.
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Illustrated by A. I. Keller. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. Black and white plates; 482 pages; Green cloth with gold title lettering and design, and white author lettering on front. Gold lettering and design on spine. The author lettering on front is lightly faded. The boards are lightly speckled. The spine is straight, binding is secure. Pages are clean with light aging. 482 pages.
