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 42
... eyes of the Anglicized Aberdarcy bourgeoisie , that would see to it that I never came here again . I could see Elizabeth's orange - reddish dress out of the corner of my eye . I said : " Yes : I can't see why you invite a chap like that ...
... eyes of the Anglicized Aberdarcy bourgeoisie , that would see to it that I never came here again . I could see Elizabeth's orange - reddish dress out of the corner of my eye . I said : " Yes : I can't see why you invite a chap like that ...
Page 50
... eyes and her lips came away from her set teeth . There was no longer the slightest difficulty in thinking up an act which would finally label me as " impossible " in the eyes of the Anglicized Aberdarcy bourgeoisie . I wondered if this ...
... eyes and her lips came away from her set teeth . There was no longer the slightest difficulty in thinking up an act which would finally label me as " impossible " in the eyes of the Anglicized Aberdarcy bourgeoisie . I wondered if this ...
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... eyes on the walls of the front gardens I was passing , noticing how each one made an angle with the pave- ment so ... eye level . At the crest I stopped again and looked back the way I'd come , but there was an even longer vista this ...
... eyes on the walls of the front gardens I was passing , noticing how each one made an angle with the pave- ment so ... eye level . At the crest I stopped again and looked back the way I'd come , but there was an even longer vista this ...
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