The Substitute Prisoner (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from The Substitute Prisoner

The question, darting swiftly through his mind as his eyes took in the unfamiliar out line of her figure, produced a storm of agita tion which left him gazing stupidly at her, with fixed eyes in which surprise and terror mingled.

He had never seen her before - his first moment of survey impressed that clearly on him. Yet her presence in his home at this compromising hour signified that she was involved, remotely or intimately, in his own tangled affairs. The thought impelled him to closer scrutiny of her.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.