[Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookMr. Grex of Monte Carlo CHAPTER IV 5/17
It's twenty minutes to two now." Lady Weybourne laughed heartily. "So that's why you dragged me out of bed and made me come to lunch with you! Dick, what a fraud you are! I was thinking what a dear, affectionate brother you were, and all the time you were just making use of me." "Sorry," the young man said briskly, "but, after all, we needn't stand on ceremony, need we? I've always been your pal; gave you a leg up with the old man, you know, when he wasn't keen on the British alliance." She nodded. "Oh, I'll do what I can for you," she promised.
"If she is any one in particular I expect I shall know her.
What's happening, Dick ?" The young man's face was almost transformed.
His eyes were bright and very fixed.
His lips had come together in a firm, straight line, as though he were renewing some promise to himself.
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