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. 1886 Excerpt: ...off from the Hdpital; and he had no fancy for getting himself into trouble merely to oblige me. The rascal's scruples were simply a pretence for extorting a higher price from me for his coach. We were in too close proximity to the Hdpital to make any altercation desirable. "Hold your peace/' said I, "and you will earn ...
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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. 1886 Excerpt: ...off from the Hdpital; and he had no fancy for getting himself into trouble merely to oblige me. The rascal's scruples were simply a pretence for extorting a higher price from me for his coach. We were in too close proximity to the Hdpital to make any altercation desirable. "Hold your peace/' said I, "and you will earn a louis d'or." After that, he would have aided me to burn down the Hdpital itself had I asked him. We drove to the house in which Lescaut lived. As the hour was late M. de T left us on the way, promising to come and see us the following day. The turnkey alone remained with us. I held Manon clasped so closely in my arms that we occupied only the place of one in the coach. She was weeping from joy, and I felt my face moistened by her tears. When we reached Lescaut's door and were about to alight, I had a fresh dispute with the coachman, the consequences of which were disastrous. I repented my promise of giving him a louis, not only because the sum was exorbitant, but for another and much weightier reason--my utter inability to pay it. I sent for Lescaut, who came down from his room to the door. I told him in a whisper the plight that I was in. Being naturally hot-tempered, and by no means accustomed to waste much consideration upon a coachman, he replied that I must surely be in jest. "A louis d'or, indeed!" he exclaimed. "Trounce the fellow with your cane until he has his money's worth!" In vain did I expostulate with him in a low voice that he would be the undoing of us. He snatched my cane out of my hands, and was evidently about to lay it across the driver's shoulders, when the latter, who, perchance, had been unlucky enough to fall into the hands of a Guardsman or Musketeer on previous occasions, made off, ...
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Very Good + in None as issued jacket. Size: 6x0x9; Clean, solid copy with mild shop wear. Text is unmarked. Cover has mild surface wear. Cover corners are square. Binding is tight and square. Modern reproduction of the text from the 1887 original. Appears to be unread. Books, box sets, and items other than standard jewel case CDs and DVDs that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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Coleman, S. W. Small 8vo, pp. 189. Illustrated by S. W. Coleman, translated from the French by John Prevost. Light blue cloth stamped in gilt. Poet Barbara Howes' signature and her ownership signature on pastedown. Spine faded and little torn on one side, corners bumped, o/ VG.
