[Mrs. Warren’s Daughter by Sir Harry Johnston]@TWC D-Link bookMrs. Warren’s Daughter CHAPTER I 37/48
Moreover I haven't the money for any vagaries yet, though I have an instinct that it is coming.
You know those Charles Davis shares I bought at 5_s._ 3_d._? Well, they rose to 29_s._ whilst you were away; so I sold out.
We had three hundred, and that, less commissions, made about L350 profit; the boldest coup we have had yet.
And all because I spotted that new find of emery powder in Tripoli, saw it in a Consular Report.... "I want to be rich and therefore powerful, Norie! Then people will forget fast enough about my shameful parentage." _Norie_: "How _is_ she? Do you ever hear from or of her now ?" _Vivie_: "I haven't heard _from_ her for two years, since I left her letters unanswered.
But I hear _of_ her every now and again.No.
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