The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates
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"I've said it- Hare." "John or March?" "March, of course. John is an actor." "Thank you, Alice, dear. I repeat, I await my cue, the which you incontinently withhold. Selah!" She tried not to laugh. "I've given it, you silly man." "My dear, I come in on the eye. It's most important. You must give it to me, because I've got to give it back to you in a second or two." She gave it me exquisitely. "'There are with whom I can be more than gentle, madam.'" Here I returned the eye with vigour. "'What manner of men are these you favour?'" "'They are not men, madam. Neither are they favoured of me. "'Of whom, then?'" |
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