Gideon's Day

ISBN: 9780812881974

定价: 18.00

内容简介

CHAPTER I
TWO H E N DE L S D I E
\" HULLO??? Eustace ; bad business this about your
Cousins.\"
\" Cousins ? What cousins ? \"
Eustace Hendel looked across at the speaker from
the table where he was listlessly sorting over illus-
trated papers. He had just come into the smoking
room of the Jermyn\" Club and had been vaguely
conscious that one or two members had looked at
him curiously from their deep armchairs.
\"You re related to old Barradys??? aren t you ? \"
\"Yes. Why ? What s he done ? You don t say
he s passed out at last ? \"
\"No??? not he??? but his grandson has??? and great
grandson??? too. Howard Hendel and his son.
Drowned down in Cornwall.\"
\" Good Lord! \"
\" Sorry about it??? Hendel \"??? grunted an old
member. \" Near relatives??? are they ? \"
\"Oh??? no??? pretty distant cousins; I don t quite
know how we stand. We re both descended from
the first Lord Barradys. How did it happen ? \"
\"It s in the evening papers---Late Edition ; not
the 6.3o??? I think.\"
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