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The Yellow Flag: A Novel. Volume 3 (of 3)

By Edmund Yates

2020-09-14 06:00:09

Brief Extract: It was probably not without a certain amount of consideration and circumspection that John Calverley had fixed upon Hendon as the place in which to establish his second home, to which to take the pretty trusting girl who believed herse ... Read more
Brief Extract: It was probably not without a certain amount of consideration and circumspection that John Calverley had fixed upon Hendon as the place in which to establish his second home, to which to take the pretty trusting girl who believed herself to be his wife. It was a locality in which she could live retired, and in which there was very little chance of his being recognised. It offered no advantages to gentlemen engaged in the City--it was not accessible by either boat, 'bus, or rail; the pony-carriages of the inhabitants were, for the most part, confined to a radius of four miles in their journeys, and Davis's coach and the carrier's wagon were the sole means of communication with the metropolis. Less

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File size147.584 KB
Print pages256
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1355404699
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