[A Prince of Sinners by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookA Prince of Sinners CHAPTER XII 19/20
He rather affected me the other way." She was suddenly graver. "It is foolish of me," she remarked.
"You will think so too, when I tell you that my only reason is because of a likeness." "A likeness!" he repeated. She nodded. "He is exactly like a man who was once a friend of my father's, and who did him a great deal of harm.
My father was much to blame, I know, but this man had a great influence over him, and a most unfortunate one. Now don't you think I'm absurd ?" "I think it is a little rough on Lord Arranmore," he answered, "don't you ?" "It would be if my likes or dislikes made the slightest difference to him," she answered.
"As it is, I don't suppose it matters." "Was this in England ?" he asked. She shook her head. "No, it was abroad--in Montreal.
I really must go to Mrs.Seventon. She looks terribly bored." Brooks made no effort to detain her.
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