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- Author: Anthony Hope
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- ISBN-10: 1499115237
- ISBN-13: 9781499115239
- Format: 21.6 x 28 x 0.6 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The house-a large, plain white building with no architectural pretensions-stood on a high swell of the downs and looked across the valley in which Milldean village lay, and thence over rolling stretches of close turf, till the prospect ended in the gleam of waves and the silver-grey mist that lay over the sea. It was a fine, open, free view. The air was fresh, with a touch of salt in it, and made the heat of the sun more than endurable-even welcome and nourishing. Tom Courtland, raising himself from the grass and sitting up straight, gave utterance to what his surroundings declared to be a very natural exclamation: "What a bore to leave this and go back to town!" "Stay a bit longer, old chap," urged his host, Grantley Imason, who lay full length on his back on the turf, with a straw hat over his eyes and nose, and a pipe, long gone out, between his teeth. "Back to my wife!" Courtland went on, without noticing the invitation. With a faint sigh Grantley Imason sat up, put his hat on his head, and knocked out his pipe. He glanced at his friend with a look of satirical amusement.
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- Author: Anthony Hope
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- ISBN-10: 1499115237
- ISBN-13: 9781499115239
- Format: 21.6 x 28 x 0.6 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
The house-a large, plain white building with no architectural pretensions-stood on a high swell of the downs and looked across the valley in which Milldean village lay, and thence over rolling stretches of close turf, till the prospect ended in the gleam of waves and the silver-grey mist that lay over the sea. It was a fine, open, free view. The air was fresh, with a touch of salt in it, and made the heat of the sun more than endurable-even welcome and nourishing. Tom Courtland, raising himself from the grass and sitting up straight, gave utterance to what his surroundings declared to be a very natural exclamation: "What a bore to leave this and go back to town!" "Stay a bit longer, old chap," urged his host, Grantley Imason, who lay full length on his back on the turf, with a straw hat over his eyes and nose, and a pipe, long gone out, between his teeth. "Back to my wife!" Courtland went on, without noticing the invitation. With a faint sigh Grantley Imason sat up, put his hat on his head, and knocked out his pipe. He glanced at his friend with a look of satirical amusement.
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