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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... moved it forward , making a great effort not to blink my eyes , which are gray , They began to smart a little , but I've often thought that not blinking them makes me look more formidable , and I could do with that . It doesn't seem to ...
... moved it forward , making a great effort not to blink my eyes , which are gray , They began to smart a little , but I've often thought that not blinking them makes me look more formidable , and I could do with that . It doesn't seem to ...
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... moved her hands back a little on the table top so that her body and thighs were in a straight line . I felt an old and hateful excitement beginning to stir in me , the kind which , although mingled with apprehension , has the prop- erty ...
... moved her hands back a little on the table top so that her body and thighs were in a straight line . I felt an old and hateful excitement beginning to stir in me , the kind which , although mingled with apprehension , has the prop- erty ...
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... moved quickly away , shutting the door of his earth behind him . The woman raised her black eyebrows at me as if in com- mentary upon the oddity of my colleagues . " Everything satisfactory ? " I asked . " Well , I rather hope it will ...
... moved quickly away , shutting the door of his earth behind him . The woman raised her black eyebrows at me as if in com- mentary upon the oddity of my colleagues . " Everything satisfactory ? " I asked . " Well , I rather hope it will ...
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