[The Chief Legatee by Anna Katharine Green]@TWC D-Link bookThe Chief Legatee CHAPTER I 13/25
That made him conspicuous and when I saw him again I knew him." "Describe the man." Mr.Ransom's face lightened up with an expression of strong satisfaction. "I am going to astonish you," said he.
"The fellow is so plain that children must cry at him.
He has suffered some injury and his mouth and jaw have such a twist in them that the whole face is thrown out of shape. So you see," continued the unhappy bridegroom, as his eyes flashed from the detective's face to that of the manager's, "that the influence he exerts over my wife is not that of love.
No one could love _him_.
The secret's of another kind.
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