Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
16 Oct, 2019
Brief Extract: He saw a woman standing almost exactly opposite to him at the nearest roulette table, and he gave a noticeable start. For a moment his pale, expressionless face was transformed, his secret was at any one's mercy. That, however, was the
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Brief Extract: He saw a woman standing almost exactly opposite to him at the nearest roulette table, and he gave a noticeable start. For a moment his pale, expressionless face was transformed, his secret was at any one's mercy. That, however, was the affair of an instant only. He was used to shocks and he survived this one. He moved a little on one side from his prominent place in the center of the wide-flung doorway. He stood by one of the divans and watched. Less