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. 1919 Excerpt: ... silent host suddenly found his tongue. "Stay and have a cigar with me," he said suavely, and Mr. Saxe obeyed. The door was not shut, and from the drawing-room they could hear the two men's voices, quickening with interest. At first Saxe spoke with a careful distinctness, but he very soon forgot the supposed deafness. ...
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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. 1919 Excerpt: ... silent host suddenly found his tongue. "Stay and have a cigar with me," he said suavely, and Mr. Saxe obeyed. The door was not shut, and from the drawing-room they could hear the two men's voices, quickening with interest. At first Saxe spoke with a careful distinctness, but he very soon forgot the supposed deafness. It was years since Mr. Cawthorne had so exerted himself; all his scholarship, the biting humor that had made his classes famous, were placed freely at the disposal of this strange young man. Saxe took eager advantage, as though his intellectual hunger were not often satisfied, but fear of tiring the old gentleman finally made him rise before he had received the hint. Mr. Cawthorne had a mysterious power of clearing a room. Outwardly he did nothing; Sarah had decided that it was the way he looked at the backs of his hands. Mrs. Cawthorne had gone up-stairs, spent with excitement, and perhaps not sorry, kind American mother that she was, to let her daughter have the visitor to herself. He listened absently to the apology she had left, his eyes fixed on Sarah with a musing smile. "You certainly are, as you said, a strange family," he admitted; "but I like you--oh, enormously. There's a flavor, and a distinction--your father is a remarkable man when he wants to be." "Exactly," said Sarah, and they laughed, drawing their two chairs close to the hearth. "Isn't it queer not to want to be, all the time?" she went on. "I was born wanting to be good--weren't you?" He gave the question sober consideration. "No; I was born wanting other people to be good while I stood over them and told them how," he decided. "I should have been a virulent and obnoxious reformer if my mother hadn't...
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Add this copy of The Starling to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Banjo Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Andover, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1919 by Bobbs-Merrill.
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John Alonzo Williams. Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. No statement of edition or printing. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Frayed spine ends. Small white spots on the front board. Previous owner's name and address are on the front free endpaper. The endpapers are mildly foxed. The leaves are tanned around their margins. Otherwise fine in a square, sound binding with hinges intact.
Add this copy of The Starling (1919) to cart. $49.26, new condition, Sold by Media Smart rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hawthorne, CA, UNITED STATES.
