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 69
... began straining at the fender . " No wind for speaking , " he said with a Continental accent . I noticed a few pieces of con- fetti clinging to his pomaded head . The next moment three more men ran down from the dining room and joined ...
... began straining at the fender . " No wind for speaking , " he said with a Continental accent . I noticed a few pieces of con- fetti clinging to his pomaded head . The next moment three more men ran down from the dining room and joined ...
Page 149
... began wanting Mrs. Jenkins to stay . She at once got up with a fair show of decision and began a careful flanking approach to the door , securing her rear by sidling with her back to the tall boxlike couch 149.
... began wanting Mrs. Jenkins to stay . She at once got up with a fair show of decision and began a careful flanking approach to the door , securing her rear by sidling with her back to the tall boxlike couch 149.
Page 152
... began to laugh , Jean came in . Frowning , she said : " Don't make her laugh , John . You ought to send her to bed instead of fooling around . I had a hell of a job pacifying the old . . . " - she glanced at Eira- " pacifying her ...
... began to laugh , Jean came in . Frowning , she said : " Don't make her laugh , John . You ought to send her to bed instead of fooling around . I had a hell of a job pacifying the old . . . " - she glanced at Eira- " pacifying her ...
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