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Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo

By William Le Queux

2020-02-27 18:57:12

"Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the fir ... Read more
"Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room-that one known to habitual gamblers as "The Suicide's Table." "Are you quite certain?" asked his friend. "Positive. I should know her again anywhere." "She's very handsome. And look, too, by Jove!-how she is winning!" "Yes. But let's get away. She might recognize me," exclaimed the younger man anxiously. "Ah! If I could only induce her to disclose what she knows about my poor father's mysterious end then we might clear up the mystery." "I'm afraid, if all we hear is true about her, Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo will never do that," was the other's reply as they moved away together down the long saloon towards the trente-et-quarante room. "Messieurs! Faites vos jeux,"  Less

Book Details

File size223.972 KB
Print pages448
PublisherPublic Domain Book
Publication date2010-08-03
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1425020866
William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 - 13 Oct 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat , a traveller , a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at ...

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