[Carnac’s Folly Complete by Gilbert Parker]@TWC D-Link bookCarnac’s Folly Complete CHAPTER II 27/42
"It's easy enough to get another," she said in a queer voice. "You did the thing in style, young man," said Ingot to Carnac with a nod. "I'll do it better when it's the real thing," said Carnac.
"I've had my rehearsal now, and it seemed almost real." "It was almost real," said Ingot, with his head turned away from Carnac, but he winked at Larue and caught a furtive look from Luzanne's eye. "I think we'd better have another hour hereabouts, then get back to New York," said Larue.
"There's a circus in the village--let us go to that." At the village, they did the circus, called out praise to the clown, gave the elephant some buns, and at five o'clock started back to New York.
Arrived at New York, they went to a hotel off Broadway for dinner, and Carnac signed names in the hotel register as "Mr.and Mrs.Carnac Grier." When he did it, he saw a furtive glance pass from Luzanne's eyes to her father.
It was disconcerting to him.
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