[The Illustrious Prince by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Illustrious Prince CHAPTER VII 9/29
So many hours of work, so many hours of play; so many dollars a month, and after it's all over, so many dollars pension.
Wouldn't suit all of us, Sir Charles, eh ?" "I fancy not," Somerfield admitted.
"Perhaps he kicked over the traces a bit when he was over this side.
You Americans generally seem to find your way about--in Paris, especially." Mr.Coulson shook his head doubtfully. "There wasn't much kicking over the traces with poor old Fynes," he said.
"He hadn't got it in him." Somerfield scratched his chin thoughtfully and looked at Penelope. "Scarcely seems possible, does it," he remarked, "that a man leading such a quiet sort of life should make enemies." "I don't believe he had any," Mr.Coulson asserted. "He didn't seem nervous on the way over, did he ?" Penelope asked,--"as though he were afraid of something happening ?" Mr.Coulson shook his head. "No more than usual," he answered.
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