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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... face nearer the woman's . My face is a round and rubicund one , and a girl I once knew used to say it looked cheerful , but that was before I got this job . Anyway , I now moved it forward , making a great effort not to blink my eyes ...
... face nearer the woman's . My face is a round and rubicund one , and a girl I once knew used to say it looked cheerful , but that was before I got this job . Anyway , I now moved it forward , making a great effort not to blink my eyes ...
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... face away from mine and gave me a stare of disturbing intensity , disturbing because it made me afraid that , without really meaning to , and for all my loss of strong - man self - possession , I might laugh . Luckily she soon put her face ...
... face away from mine and gave me a stare of disturbing intensity , disturbing because it made me afraid that , without really meaning to , and for all my loss of strong - man self - possession , I might laugh . Luckily she soon put her face ...
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... face was heavy and pouchy with fatigue of one sort or another . His eyes , which looked as though they might heal over if he allowed them to close , searched my face . I could hear his breath roaring against his palate . " Where's Haydn ...
... face was heavy and pouchy with fatigue of one sort or another . His eyes , which looked as though they might heal over if he allowed them to close , searched my face . I could hear his breath roaring against his palate . " Where's Haydn ...
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