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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... Caligula I'd once seen . I observed the flow from the taps for some time , experi- mentally turning them off and on and muttering to myself , waiting for the other to go so that I could check in solitude which of three possible doors ...
... Caligula I'd once seen . I observed the flow from the taps for some time , experi- mentally turning them off and on and muttering to myself , waiting for the other to go so that I could check in solitude which of three possible doors ...
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Kingsley Amis. the chap who looked like the bust of Caligula and , with an- other cheery " Nos - da , " going out through the only remaining possible door . But I could no longer believe that that door really was possible . Why shouldn't ...
Kingsley Amis. the chap who looked like the bust of Caligula and , with an- other cheery " Nos - da , " going out through the only remaining possible door . But I could no longer believe that that door really was possible . Why shouldn't ...
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... Caligula man's voice approached down the passage . " Have you got a dustpan ? I think I remember seeing one somewhere . " I don't know what it was that possessed me to say , when the man appeared , " All right , missis , I'll see to it ...
... Caligula man's voice approached down the passage . " Have you got a dustpan ? I think I remember seeing one somewhere . " I don't know what it was that possessed me to say , when the man appeared , " All right , missis , I'll see to it ...
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