ISBN: 9781152541832

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...however, went on to say--.and she warned me that this was strictly confidential, of course--that this report, like many other reports, had little foundation in fact; that in reality the lady''s money was largely in expectancy as the heiress of her maternal uncle, Sir Ray Mur ray, the head of the Copper Trust; that Sir Ray was engaged in a war to the death with Sir Brussels Page and that the whole thing might result in Sir Ray''s financial annihilation, in which case the lady''s supposed millions would dwindle to nothing. It seems a strange, I might say almost a mean thing, Ralph, to rejoice at some form of ill-fortune touching the woman you adore, but the truth is the truth.--I did rejoice at those words of Lady Brooke. Those millions would have been a barrier between us. Without them, I felt she was nearer to me. Lady Brooke is a handsome woman--although I never particularly took to her--but she never looked so handsome to me as at that moment. I could have laughed out--laughed out loud and long--. as she spoke pityingly of the almost certain loss of those confounded millions. Just as if the man who wins her for her own sweet sake alone will not be richer than the royal heir who comes to his throne.'' He said that--he said that! You heard him say that? murmured Dorothy, from her chair, in a. strangely muflied voice. Yes; of course that''s what he said, replied Beatrice, engrossed in her story. Am I not giving you the exact words? Go on--go on. There now! You''ve thrown me all out by interrupting and I''ve lost the thread. Please forgive me. What did they say next? Well, resumed Beatrice, Captain Swords a... George Gordon Hastings, Books, History, The First American King Books>History Publisher: London; New York: the Smart Set Pub. co. Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9781152541832

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...however, went on to say--.and she warned me that this was strictly confidential, of course--that this report, like many other reports, had little foundation in fact; that in reality the lady''s money was largely in expectancy as the heiress of her maternal uncle, Sir Ray Mur ray, the head of the Copper Trust; that Sir Ray was engaged in a war to the death with Sir Brussels Page and that the whole thing might result in Sir Ray''s financial annihilation, in which case the lady''s supposed millions would dwindle to nothing. It seems a strange, I might say almost a mean thing, Ralph, to rejoice at some form of ill-fortune touching the woman you adore, but the truth is the truth.--I did rejoice at those words of Lady Brooke. Those millions would have been a barrier between us. Without them, I felt she was nearer to me. Lady Brooke is a handsome woman--although I never particularly took to her--but she never looked so handsome to me as at that moment. I could have laughed out--laughed out loud and long--. as she spoke pityingly of the almost certain loss of those confounded millions. Just as if the man who wins her for her own sweet sake alone will not be richer than the royal heir who comes to his throne.'' He said that--he said that! You heard him say that? murmured Dorothy, from her chair, in a. strangely muflied voice. Yes; of course that''s what he said, replied Beatrice, engrossed in her story. Am I not giving you the exact words? Go on--go on. There now! You''ve thrown me all out by interrupting and I''ve lost the thread. Please forgive me. What did they say next? Well, resumed Beatrice, Captain Swords a... George Gordon Hastings, Books, History, The First American King Books>History, General Books LLC<