Bones in London by Edgar Wallace (uplifting book club books txt) 📖
- Author: Edgar Wallace
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That night Bones gave a wonderful dinner-party at the most expensive hotel in London. Sanders was there, and Patricia Sanders, and Hamilton, and a certain Vera, whom the bold Bones called by her Christian name, but the prettiest of the girls was she who sat on his right and listened to the delivery of Bones's great speech in fear and trembling.
"The toast of the evening, dear old friends," said Bones, "is Cupidity and Cupid. Coupled with the names of the Honourable de Vinne and my young and lovely typewriter--my friend and companion in storm and stress, the only jolly old lady, if I may be allowed to say so, that has stirred my young heart"--he caught Patricia Sanders's accusing eye, coughed, and added--"in Europe!"
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