Apple of
章节目录
共 51 题- BY
- OCTOBER
- CHAPTER
- I thanked the policeman and bade him good night.
- I wanted to lie, but my tongue refused its office.
- I told of what I had seen.
- I thanked him and raged inwardly that I should have been outwitted.
- I looked my surprise.
- I looked at him closely.
- I hesitated a moment and rose.
- I rose reluctantly.
- I stepped out and Mr. Baldwin followed.
- I bowed.
- I bowed again.
- I looked upon her and thought what the decision meant to her.
- I balanced the advantages of a lie and the truth.
- I responded to Miss Fillmore's greeting with fitting words.
- I was a little piqued at the staleness of my information.
- RESPECTFUL SIR:
- I assured him that I could not have bettered it myself.
- I produced the square of paper I had received from Big Sam.
- I stared at him in astonishment.
- I brought the conversation back to the concrete case of Moon Ying.
- I confessed that I hoped to do something in that line.
- I thanked him for his certificate of confidence, and he continued:
- I reflected a minute on her request, and she broke forth in rapid words:
- NOTICE OF MEETING
- COMMITTEE.
- I suggested the theory of sickness.
- I faced about and whipped out my revolver, when:
- I leaned back luxuriously, and gazed with admiration on my nurse.
- I noted down the list for reference and study.
- I read the figures from the memorandum Mr. Coleman had given me.
- I groaned out a miserable negative.
- I handed him the paper I had drawn and Wharton Kendrick had signed.
- I read the address with some wonder, and Laura Kendrick continued:
- I passed the note over to Miss Kendrick.
- I waved them away.
- I took up the signed checks that lay before Nelson and replied:
- I looked into his eyes.
- I faced my associates with the determination to yield nothing.
- I tried to speak, but she continued quickly:
- I thought so.
- I looked about for the assailants.
- I did not hesitate to describe the difficulties of the position.
- I was nonplussed for the moment, but Laura Kendrick whispered:
- I was stirred to admiration at his dream.
- I laughed and showed him my committee badge.
- I found Laura and Mercy together.
- I stepped to her side and took her hand.
- GROSSET & DUNLAP, NEW YORK