Ambrose Lavendale,Diplomat
Ambrose Lavendale,Diplomat
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
18 Oct, 2019
Brief Extract: The effect of this statement upon the little man was, in its way, extraordinary. For a moment he stood with his mouth open, the glass shaking between his fingers, a queer, set expression in his pale face. Then his lips parted and he be
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Brief Extract: The effect of this statement upon the little man was, in its way, extraordinary. For a moment he stood with his mouth open, the glass shaking between his fingers, a queer, set expression in his pale face. Then his lips parted and he began to laugh. It was mirth so obviously ill-timed, so absolutely unaccountable, that they all turned and stared at him. Less