[The Ragged Edge by Harold MacGrath]@TWC D-Link bookThe Ragged Edge CHAPTER VIII 23/29
Aren't we funny? And just as I was beginning to lose faith in human beings, to have someone like this come along! It is almost as if she were acting a role, and she isn't.
I'll talk to her in the morning, but she won't understand what I'm driving at.
Born on a South Sea island, she said." "Ah! Now I can get a perspective.
This is her first adventure.
She isn't used to cities." "But how in the Lord's name was she brought up? There's a queer story back of this somewhere." The manager extended his hands at large, as if to deny any responsibility in the affair.
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