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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“Tell me,” Gruffydd-Williams said loudly and close to my ear. “Tell me, now, how's
the Adult Education side of things going? I heard the other day that the book-box
system wasn't working too well these days.” He drew me several feet away, his ...
“Tell me,” Gruffydd-Williams said loudly and close to my ear. “Tell me, now, how's
the Adult Education side of things going? I heard the other day that the book-box
system wasn't working too well these days.” He drew me several feet away, his ...
Page 72
I tell him he ought to be at home.” She drank half her brandy and pressed her lips
together. “Of course, you're not exactly one of his pin-up boys at the moment.”
Some sort of apprehension tweaked at my stomach. “Oh? Why's that?
I tell him he ought to be at home.” She drank half her brandy and pressed her lips
together. “Of course, you're not exactly one of his pin-up boys at the moment.”
Some sort of apprehension tweaked at my stomach. “Oh? Why's that?
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“No, don't tell me anything, there's nothing I want to hear.” “Jean, you're wrong
about this. It isn't like you think, I promise you. I haven't . . .” “You're not having an
affair with her?” “Well, no, not in the way you mean.” “That's smashing, man.
“No, don't tell me anything, there's nothing I want to hear.” “Jean, you're wrong
about this. It isn't like you think, I promise you. I haven't . . .” “You're not having an
affair with her?” “Well, no, not in the way you mean.” “That's smashing, man.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | That Uncertain Feeling |
| Author | Kingsley Amis |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 247 pages |
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