Wanted: A Tortoise-Shell (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Nevertheless a chastely bound Marcus Aurelius, combined with a volume on political economy, does point at certain tastes. A man who reads such books on steamers' decks should turn out to be a person of some pretensions intellectually, argumentative perhaps, but quiet to ride or drive domestically.

Such a description fitted well with the eye glasses and the features of the passenger. The bath-towel? He was a bachelor, and the ship carried not a single lady that trip.

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