That Uncertain FeelingA chic socialite cruises like a predator on the prowl. She marks an easy target... John Aneuris Lewis, an assistant librarian, who seems an uncomplicated conquest. But Lewis is both more and less than he appears. Beneath this family-man facade lurks a poet, wit and visionary...also a budding lecher, for we soon find Lewis peering down the front of the socialite's dress. No wonder he has that uncertain feeling...he's looking into a bottomless pit! |
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... black fag after another , doing a fair amount of laughing , and wriggling about a bit in her corner of the sofa . I sat there in an easy posture , my arm along the back of the thing some inches from her shoulders , my head lolling ...
... black fag after another , doing a fair amount of laughing , and wriggling about a bit in her corner of the sofa . I sat there in an easy posture , my arm along the back of the thing some inches from her shoulders , my head lolling ...
Page 194
... fag end down the beach . " What about going for a little walk and leaving them to it for a bit ? " I said I thought ... dark . There was still a faint glow above the headland at the opposite arm of the bay , but the sea was almost black ...
... fag end down the beach . " What about going for a little walk and leaving them to it for a bit ? " I said I thought ... dark . There was still a faint glow above the headland at the opposite arm of the bay , but the sea was almost black ...
Page 231
... fag , boy ? " " Don't smoke , " I said , patting my pockets . In one of them was something hard and squarish . Remembering , I said : " Wait a minute , it just so happens . " I offered him one of Eliza- beth's black fags . Saying no ...
... fag , boy ? " " Don't smoke , " I said , patting my pockets . In one of them was something hard and squarish . Remembering , I said : " Wait a minute , it just so happens . " I offered him one of Eliza- beth's black fags . Saying no ...
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