The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates
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He said it was.
"Don't you think it's that dressing-case that does it? Lends an air of distinction to the rest. Bucks it all up, as it were, eh?" Before he could reply: "So you're down for the week-end too," said a voice I should have recognized amid the hubbub of the heavenly choir. " Staying at Watereaton? It was she. Such a pretty girl. Very fair, very blue eyes, a beautiful skin, and- yes, a dimple. She was wearing a long, fur coat, while a little black felt hat with a ghost of a brim leaned exquisitely over one of the blue eyes. Her hands were plunged into deep pockets, but a pair of most admirable legs more than made good the deficit. I sighed. "Disappointed?" she said. "Not in you- you're beautiful. But in myself. Yes, I shall resign." "Resign?" |
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