[Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookRoger Ingleton, Minor CHAPTER FOURTEEN 4/21
But I know a chap or two that will take her off my hands.
I say, would you like to see my den ?" added he, as they passed the door in question. Mr Ratman being of an inquiring turn of mind, accepted the invitation, and gave a cursory glance at the chaos which formed the leading feature of the apartment. "It's not such a swagger crib as Roger's," said Tom; "but it's snug enough.
That's Roger's opposite.
Like to look ?" Once more Mr Ratman allowed himself to be escorted on a tour of discovery. "Who is that a portrait of ?" asked he, looking at the lost Roger's picture. "Oh, that's what's his name, the fellow who would have been heir if he hadn't died.
He looks rather a tough customer, doesn't he? That's the picture Rosalind painted for Roger's birthday--a view of the park from her window, with the sea beyond.
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