The Younger Set

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Younger Set by Robert William Chambers, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Robert William Chambers ISBN: 9781465609168
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Robert William Chambers
ISBN: 9781465609168
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
Well, I don't know, retorted Austin Gerard irritably, "what 'everybody' has heard, but I suppose it's the usual garbled version made up of distorted fact and malicious gossip. That's why I sent for you. Sit down." Gerald Erroll seated himself on the edge of the big, polished table in Austin's private office, one leg swinging, an unlighted cigarette between his lips. Austin Gerard, his late guardian, big, florid, with that peculiar blue eye which seems to characterise hasty temper, stood by the window, tossing up and catching the glittering gold piece—souvenir of the directors' meeting which he had just left. "What has happened," he said, "is this. Captain Selwyn is back in town—sent up his card to me, but they told him I was attending a directors' meeting. When the meeting was over I found his card and a message scribbled, saying he'd recently landed and was going uptown to call on Nina. She'll keep him there, of course, until I get home, so I shall see him this evening. Now, before you meet him, I want you to plainly understand the truth about this unfortunate affair; and that's why I telephoned your gimlet-eyed friend Neergard just now to let you come around here for half an hour." The boy nodded and, drawing a gold matchbox from his waistcoat pocket, lighted his cigarette. "Why the devil don't you smoke cigars?" growled Austin, more to himself than to Gerald; then, pocketing the gold piece, seated himself heavily in his big leather desk-chair. "In the first place," he said, "Captain Selwyn is my brother-in-law—which wouldn't make an atom of difference to me in my judgment of what has happened if he had been at fault. But the facts of the case are these." He held up an impressive forefinger and laid it flat across the large, ruddy palm of the other hand. "First of all, he married a cat! C-a-t, cat. Is that clear, Gerald?"
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Well, I don't know, retorted Austin Gerard irritably, "what 'everybody' has heard, but I suppose it's the usual garbled version made up of distorted fact and malicious gossip. That's why I sent for you. Sit down." Gerald Erroll seated himself on the edge of the big, polished table in Austin's private office, one leg swinging, an unlighted cigarette between his lips. Austin Gerard, his late guardian, big, florid, with that peculiar blue eye which seems to characterise hasty temper, stood by the window, tossing up and catching the glittering gold piece—souvenir of the directors' meeting which he had just left. "What has happened," he said, "is this. Captain Selwyn is back in town—sent up his card to me, but they told him I was attending a directors' meeting. When the meeting was over I found his card and a message scribbled, saying he'd recently landed and was going uptown to call on Nina. She'll keep him there, of course, until I get home, so I shall see him this evening. Now, before you meet him, I want you to plainly understand the truth about this unfortunate affair; and that's why I telephoned your gimlet-eyed friend Neergard just now to let you come around here for half an hour." The boy nodded and, drawing a gold matchbox from his waistcoat pocket, lighted his cigarette. "Why the devil don't you smoke cigars?" growled Austin, more to himself than to Gerald; then, pocketing the gold piece, seated himself heavily in his big leather desk-chair. "In the first place," he said, "Captain Selwyn is my brother-in-law—which wouldn't make an atom of difference to me in my judgment of what has happened if he had been at fault. But the facts of the case are these." He held up an impressive forefinger and laid it flat across the large, ruddy palm of the other hand. "First of all, he married a cat! C-a-t, cat. Is that clear, Gerald?"

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Ailsa Paige: A Novel by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book Nightmare Tales by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book The Folding Doors by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book El sombrero de tres picos: Historia verdadera de un sucedido que anda en romances escrita ahora tal y como pasó by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book History of the Revolt of the Netherlands (Complete) by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book The Life of Charles Dickens, (Complete) by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book Adonijah: A Tale of the Jewish Dispersion by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book The Babe, B.A. by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book Containing the Choicest Collection Ever Issued, and Brimming Over With Toasts and Sentiments for All Classes and All Occasions by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book Ethics Part II: Of the Nature and Origin of the Mind by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book The Church on the Changing Frontier: A Study of the Homesteader and His Church by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book Louis XIV.: Makers of History Series by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book The Way to Win by Robert William Chambers
Cover of the book Susâni by Robert William Chambers
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy