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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Page 38
... thought of trying on the new arrivals a phrase I'd heard used by the W.E.A. Secretary in my home village : " Who are you , I presume ? " Then I thought I'd better not . Elizabeth now introduced the jug man as her husband Vernon and the ...
... thought of trying on the new arrivals a phrase I'd heard used by the W.E.A. Secretary in my home village : " Who are you , I presume ? " Then I thought I'd better not . Elizabeth now introduced the jug man as her husband Vernon and the ...
Page 41
... thought I thought ( rivalry muddles such thoughts ) , that Jenkins was too much of a worrier , too soon downcast or rattled , to do the senior job more than just adequately . Not that I , with my laziness , had any edge on him . “ Yes ...
... thought I thought ( rivalry muddles such thoughts ) , that Jenkins was too much of a worrier , too soon downcast or rattled , to do the senior job more than just adequately . Not that I , with my laziness , had any edge on him . “ Yes ...
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... thought of . The thought of it now , I said to myself , made Jean seem not to exist , never to have existed , sort of ; all that was real was the image of Elizabeth , sturdy , supremely determined , smiling with subtle offensiveness . I ...
... thought of . The thought of it now , I said to myself , made Jean seem not to exist , never to have existed , sort of ; all that was real was the image of Elizabeth , sturdy , supremely determined , smiling with subtle offensiveness . I ...
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