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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... cigarette ash ; a youngish man seated upright on one of those pouf things , swallowing frequently with lips apart ; a girl with the look of an exception- ally promising art student , but in fact the current mistress of a dentist ...
... cigarette ash ; a youngish man seated upright on one of those pouf things , swallowing frequently with lips apart ; a girl with the look of an exception- ally promising art student , but in fact the current mistress of a dentist ...
Page 114
... cigarette box and scattered its contents , twenty or thirty cigarettes , on the floor . " The moment anyone comes up here start picking these up . You can pant as much as you like after that . " She snapped the compact shut and hurried ...
... cigarette box and scattered its contents , twenty or thirty cigarettes , on the floor . " The moment anyone comes up here start picking these up . You can pant as much as you like after that . " She snapped the compact shut and hurried ...
Page 164
... cigarette , do you ? " " I'm sorry , I don't smoke , " I said , but Beynon was pulling out a twenty package and ... cigarettes guiltily into his pocket . Jenkins glanced at me , but I pretended not to notice . I wasn't so full of calm ...
... cigarette , do you ? " " I'm sorry , I don't smoke , " I said , but Beynon was pulling out a twenty package and ... cigarettes guiltily into his pocket . Jenkins glanced at me , but I pretended not to notice . I wasn't so full of calm ...
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