And then a door opened on the other side of the room, and a majestic butler appeared, followed by His Grace himself in a smoking-jacket of peacockblue silk with old-gold frogs and piping. Harbours of Memory - Page 51by William McFee - 1921 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
| --- Levey - Irish fiction (in English) - 1846 - 418 pages
...? If I had you outside this den of iniquity, I would apply this cane to your back." At this moment a door opened on the other .side of the room, and a cadaverous looking fellow, with a stout bludgeon, issued from it, and was approaching Bob, when ho... | |
| American essays - 1919 - 956 pages
...moment he thought of flight. Even the marble steps up which he had ascended from the side entrance were preferable to this dark shining mirror in which he...The perspiration broke from Mr. Ferguson's scalp, VOL. 1*4 - NO. 4 D and the tickling of his hair nearly drove him distracted. He essayed a step, quailed,... | |
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