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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... noticed that she spoke with her teeth together but with her lips moving very freely . This gave her voice a harsh resonant quality which I thought suited her looks . There we were , then , started on one of those conversations which ...
... noticed that she spoke with her teeth together but with her lips moving very freely . This gave her voice a harsh resonant quality which I thought suited her looks . There we were , then , started on one of those conversations which ...
Page 86
... " " Yes , we're going to . " " So long now . " Elizabeth came back and we left . I noticed that since our arrival somebody had added after OLDE TYME the present participle of a verb occupying another semantic area than that 86.
... " " Yes , we're going to . " " So long now . " Elizabeth came back and we left . I noticed that since our arrival somebody had added after OLDE TYME the present participle of a verb occupying another semantic area than that 86.
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... noticed that I was breathing rather quickly and trembling a little and that my eyes felt bunged up . I soon got going again with the last couple of digits : a condition of rage wasn't perhaps a bad starting point on its own and should ...
... noticed that I was breathing rather quickly and trembling a little and that my eyes felt bunged up . I soon got going again with the last couple of digits : a condition of rage wasn't perhaps a bad starting point on its own and should ...
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