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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... nodded imperceptibly to it . " She couldn't get in herself this afternoon , you see , Mr. Lewis , " the woman was saying ; " she's had to go down the Food Office because of her boy , so I said I'd take her book and change it while I was ...
... nodded imperceptibly to it . " She couldn't get in herself this afternoon , you see , Mr. Lewis , " the woman was saying ; " she's had to go down the Food Office because of her boy , so I said I'd take her book and change it while I was ...
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... nodded and sat down gingerly in an armchair by the hearth . " We shan't be long , " I said to him from the doorway . “ Oh , and by the way , do help yourself to some beer . " you He spoke then , for the first and only time . " Ah ...
... nodded and sat down gingerly in an armchair by the hearth . " We shan't be long , " I said to him from the doorway . “ Oh , and by the way , do help yourself to some beer . " you He spoke then , for the first and only time . " Ah ...
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... nodded with a de- liberate amiability ; he was clearly Thrale , not Piozzi ; Whet- stone , blowing out smoke and for some reason leaning back- ward , shook hands with Jean without bending his arm . To me , Whetstone looked insignificant ...
... nodded with a de- liberate amiability ; he was clearly Thrale , not Piozzi ; Whet- stone , blowing out smoke and for some reason leaning back- ward , shook hands with Jean without bending his arm . To me , Whetstone looked insignificant ...
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