The maid was a young woman of great natural calmness; she was accustomed to let in visitors who had this air of being annoyed and finding one umbrella too numerous for them. It mattered nothing to her that the gentleman was asking for Dr. Martineau as if he was asking for something with an unpleasant taste. Almost imperceptibly she relieved him of his umbrella and juggled his hat and coat on to a massive mahogany stand. ‘What name, Sir?’ she asked, holding open the door of the consulting room.
‘Hardy, ‘ said the gentleman, and then yielding it reluctantly with its distasteful three-year-old honour, ‘Sir Richmond Hardy.’
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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 242 ● ISBN 9783741211539 ● Mărime fișier 0.5 MB ● Editura Books on Demand ● Publicat 2019 ● Ediție 1 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 7422421 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor DRM social