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“Mmmm-hmmm. ‘A spitfire, ain’t she, sir?’
Roding ignored this. Whenever Jack
attempted to speak, he was checked by an angry growl from Abraham; and
Thames, though his heart was full almost to bursting, felt no inclination to break
the silence. ”
He went to the window and fidgeted with the blind, looking out to where the
tree-tops of Regent’s Park showed distantly over the houses. "
"If I thought so—" cried the knight fiercely; "but this is idle," he added,
suddenly checking himself. "
"Pearls!"
"Sounds romantic, eh? Well, forty years ago the pearl game hereabouts was
romantic; but there's only one real pearl region left—the Persian Gulf. Smiling, the Chinaman
gave the correct pronunciation. She sat on the edge of the bed
—the wardress was too busy with the flood of arrivals that day to discover that
she had it down—and her skin was shivering from the contact of these garments. Part 8
And as she sat on her bed that night, musing and half-undressed, she began to
run one hand down her arm and scrutinize the soft flow of muscle under her
skin. Foundation
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