Tales of Wonder |
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| Author:
| Dunsany, Lord
Weyman, Stanley |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55445-962-9 |
| Publisher: | EbooksLib
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $2.99 |
Book Description:
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'There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be sworn, that I should storm and swear and ruffle it like any common cock of the hackle. But that was never Gil de Berault's way. For a few seconds after he had spoken I did not even look at him. I passed my eye instead - smiling, BIEN ENTENDU - round the ring of waiting faces, saw that there was no one...
More Description'There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be sworn, that I should storm and swear and ruffle it like any common cock of the hackle. But that was never Gil de Berault's way. For a few seconds after he had spoken I did not even look at him. I passed my eye instead - smiling, BIEN ENTENDU - round the ring of waiting faces, saw that there was no one except De Pombal I had cause to fear; and then at last I rose and looked at the fool with the grim face I have known impose on older and wiser men.'