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Phantom Wires

CHAPTER IV
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But before the intruding steward had departed the second officer was at Durkin's elbow, overlooking his labors, and no further word or hint came to the ears of the listener.
But he had heard enough.

The flame had been applied to the dry acreage of his too arid and idle existence.

He had remained passive too long.
It was change that brought chance.

And even though that change meant descent, it would, after all, be only the momentary dip that preceded the upward flight again.

And as he gazed thoughtfully landward, where Monte Carlo lay vivid and glowing under the sheltering Alpes-Maritimes, like a golden lizard sunning itself on a shelf of gray rock, he felt within him a more kindly and comprehensive feeling for that flower-strewn arena of vast hazards.


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