Free eBook

The Broken Thread

By William Le Queux

2020-03-09 18:20:12

"No. I mean the girl in black. The one leading the pom." "By jove! Yes. She's uncommonly smart, isn't she?" "Her friend isn't half bad-looking, either?" "I don't think so very much of her, Raife. But Southport at this time of year is always full of p ... Read more
"No. I mean the girl in black. The one leading the pom." "By jove! Yes. She's uncommonly smart, isn't she?" "Her friend isn't half bad-looking, either?" "I don't think so very much of her, Raife. But Southport at this time of year is always full of pretty girls." "Not one of them can compare with the girl in black-she's ripping!" declared Raife Remington, a tall, well-set up, dark-haired, hatless undergraduate, who, in grey flannels, was walking beside his college chum, Edward Mutimer, at whose father's house he was staying during the vac. Both were at Trinity, Cambridge, and both, being in their last year, were reading hard for their degrees. Each morning in those warm August days by the summer sea they came out for a stroll on the seafront; bright with movement and gaiety, taking an airing before settling down to their studies for the day.  Less

Book Details

File size290.9 KB
Print pages126
PublisherPublic Domain Book
Publication date2014-02-25
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1494233747
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 ...

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free