The thing wouldn’t have happened if any other constable than Collins had been put on point duty at Blackfriars Bridge that morning. For Collins was young, good-looking, and knew it. Nature had gifted him with a susceptible heart and a fond eye for the beauties of femininity. So when he looked round and saw the woman threading her way through the maze of vehicles at “Dead Man’s Corner, ” with her skirt held up just enough to show two twinkling little feet in French shoes, and over them a graceful, willowy figure, and over that an enchanting, if rather too highly tinted, face, with almond eyes and a fluff of shining hair under the screen of a big Parisian hat—that did for him on the spot.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9782383831365 ● 文件大小 0.6 MB ● 出版者 Librorium Editions ● 发布时间 2021 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 7950552 ● 复制保护 无