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Under a Veil

By George Melville Baker

2019-06-12 20:18:03

Well, sir, the fact is, I’m in a dreadful fix—a most awkward predicament, out of which I cannot extricate myself without your assistance. You see, sir, if you will only pardon 4it, but my daughter was only married to-day. Yes, sir, married; in fa ... Read more
Well, sir, the fact is, I’m in a dreadful fix—a most awkward predicament, out of which I cannot extricate myself without your assistance. You see, sir, if you will only pardon 4it, but my daughter was only married to-day. Yes, sir, married; in fact, sir, she was married to make her happy—you know, sir,—you understand! And, sir, just as we are having a little dance in honor of this marriage, which takes up all our spare accommodation, a lady and her maid arrive, asking for rooms; and, as they require two beds in one room, I dared to hope that perhaps, sir, you would oblige me by changing this room for the next one. You see, sir, that the bedroom belonging to this sitting-room has two beds, whilst in here (throwing open door in centre partition) there is only one bed, though in all respects furnished in the same manner. Less

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File size135.221 KB
Print pages30
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1373009630
Born Boston, Massachusetts, The United States Websitehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melville_B... edit data George Melville Baker (1832–1890) was a playwright and publisher in Boston, Mass...

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