The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates
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but you sound like a wrist-watch and a chain- purse."
"How did you know?" "Intuition," I said carelessly. "You see I'm a boy-scout." "Feel." She laid a slim, warm wrist against my cheek. I distinctly felt the cold round glass of a wrist-watch. "And I've got a chain-purse in my bag." "Ah!" "Go on, boy-scout. Tell me what I look like in the daytime." "You have ear-rings and your face is rather cold. About the kind of ear-rings I am not certain." "How did you know that?" "I found that out, when- er- when we went up the bank." "Oh!" "Yes," I went on hurriedly," and- " "Am I dark or fair?" Ilooked hopelessly at where I knew my companion was sitting. |
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