Excerpt: ...We English have a colonial policy. We've spread out, my dear." "You are frivolous once more, Agnes." "Genevra," said Lady Agnes solemnly, "if you'd been on a barren island for five months as I have, with nothing to look at but your husband and the sunsets, you would not be so hard on me. I wouldn't take Drusilla's husband away from her for the world; I wouldn't even look at him if he were not on the barren island, too. I've read novels in which a man and woman have been wrecked on a desert island and lived there ...
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Excerpt: ...We English have a colonial policy. We've spread out, my dear." "You are frivolous once more, Agnes." "Genevra," said Lady Agnes solemnly, "if you'd been on a barren island for five months as I have, with nothing to look at but your husband and the sunsets, you would not be so hard on me. I wouldn't take Drusilla's husband away from her for the world; I wouldn't even look at him if he were not on the barren island, too. I've read novels in which a man and woman have been wrecked on a desert island and lived there for months, even years, in an atmosphere of righteousness. My dear, those novelists are ninnies. Nobody could be so good as all that without getting wings. And if they got wings they'd soon fly away from each other. Angels are the only creatures who can be quite circumspect, and they're not real, after all, don't you know. Drusilla may not know it yet, but she's not an angel, by any means; she's real and doesn't know it, that's all. I am real and know it only too well. That's the difference. Now, come along. Let's have a walk. I'm tired of men and angels. That's why I want you for awhile. You've got no wings, Genevra; but it's of no consequence, as you have no one to fly away from." "Or to, you might add," laughed Genevra. "That's very American. You've been talking to Miss Pelham. She's always adding things. By the way, Mr. Chase sees quite a lot of her. She types for him. I fancy she's trying to choose between him and Mr. Saunders. If you were she, dear, which would you choose?" "Mr. Saunders," said Genevra promptly. "But if I were myself, I'd choose Mr. Chase." "Speaking of angels, he must have wings a yard long. He has been chosen by an entire harem and he flies from them as if pursued by the devil. I imagine, however, that he'd be rather dangerous if his wings were to get out of order unexpectedly. But he's nice, isn't he?" The Princess nodded her head...
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Illustrations By Harrison Fisher. Good-/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Used Quarter-sized dent affecting front board, inner hinges weak, spine fading, soiling and scuffing to boards.
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Harrison Fisher. Very Good. No Jacket. 12 vo. red c w/pictorial inset on front; gilt titles; front flyleaf missing; 355 clean, unmarked pages+16 pages ads.
