The Opal Serpent
Book Excerpt: ...f Steerforth and David Copperfield," was Paul's reply as he pushed back his plate; "you were my hero, and I was your slave. But the other boys--" He looked again."They hated me, because they did not understand me, as you did.""If that is so, Grexon, why did you let me slip out of your life? It is ten years since we parted. I was fifteen and you twenty.""Which now makes us twenty-five and thirty respectively," said Hay, dryly; "you left school before I did.""Yes; I had scarlet fever, and was taken home to be nursed. I never went back, and since then I have never met an old Torrington boy--""Have you not?" asked Hay, eagerly."No. My parents took me abroad, and I sampled a German university. I returned to idle about my father's place, till I grew sick of doing nothing, and, having ambitions, I came to try my luck in town." He looked round and laughed. "You see my luck.""Well," said Hay, lighting a dainty cigarette produced from a gold case, "my uncle, who d...
yazar | Fergus Hume |
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Tarafından yayınlandı | 1 Ekim 2020 |
1 Ocak 2018 4 Ocak 2017 19,5 x 1 x 13,5 cm F Scott Fitzgerald 1 x 13,5 x 19,5 cm B M Bower Kolektif 5 Ocak 2017 15,2 x 0,7 x 22,9 cm 28 Şubat 2018 19,5 x 13,5 cm 15,2 x 0,6 x 22,9 cm 3 Ocak 2017 1 Ekim 2020 G. A. Henty 1 x 13,5 x 21 cm Jack London H. G. Wells
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yazar | Fergus Hume |
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isbn 13 | 979-8678600349 |
Yayımcı | Independently published |
DE OLDUĞU GİBİ | B08KH132SV |
Tarafından yayınlandı The Opal Serpent | 1 Ekim 2020 |