Length8h 26m
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Excerpt: ""You're a lucky chap, Croxton, to have got the measure of the old man so well. I don't suppose it will be long before you blossom into a partner." The speaker, Archie Brookes, a slim elegant young fellow, very good-looking but with a somewhat effeminate expression, cast a sidelong glance at his companion as he uttered the remark, to observe covertly what impression it made upon him. There was no love lost between these two young men, although they were thrown constantly into each other's society. Richard Croxton was the confidential secretary of Rupert Morrice, the well-known foreign banker and financier, whose firm had colossal dealings abroad. Brookes was a nephew and great favourite of the financier's wife, the son of a dearly beloved sister who had died many years ago. In consequence of that relationship, and the partiality of his aunt, he was a frequent, almost a daily, visitor to the big house in Deanery Street, Park Lane, where the Morrices entertained largely and dispensed lavish hospitality. Croxton's voice was very cold, as he replied to the other's suggestion. "Those are the sort of things one does not permit oneself to speculate about, much less to discuss. "For a second an angry gleam showed in the light blue eyes of Brookes. Not troubled with very refined feelings himself, he thought it was rank hypocrisy on the part of Richard to refuse to talk to a man of his own age about prospects upon which he must often have meditated. But the angry gleam passed away quickly. Archie Brookes was a very self-contained young man. He seldom allowed his temper to get the better of him, and he never indulged in sarcastic remarks."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance
Length8 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 5, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A WOMAN’S DEBT
2CHAPTER I A LUCKY YOUNG FELLOW!
3CHAPTER II THE RIFLED SAFE
4CHAPTER III RICHARD IS DISMISSED
5CHAPTER IV GIDEON LANE TAKES A HAND
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6CHAPTER V ROSABELLE AND LANE CONFER
7CHAPTER VI LANE ENGAGES AN ASSISTANT
8CHAPTER VII THE HEAD WAITER
9CHAPTER VIII MRS. MORRICE’S GIRLHOOD
10CHAPTER IX IMPORTANT INFORMATION
11CHAPTER X THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN
12CHAPTER XI A RIFT IN THE CLOUDS
13CHAPTER XII SIR GEORGE’S VALET
14CHAPTER XIII AUNT AND “NEPHEW”!
15CHAPTER XIV AN ALARMING INTERRUPTION
16CHAPTER XV THE ANONYMOUS LETTER
17CHAPTER XVI AT SCOTLAND YARD
18CHAPTER XVII LANE VISITS RICHARD
19CHAPTER XVIII MRS. MORRICE’S DRESS
20CHAPTER XIX MISS ALMA BUCKLEY
21CHAPTER XX RUPERT MORRICE SENDS FOR LANE
22CHAPTER XXI ROSABELLE HAS A GRIEVANCE
23CHAPTER XXII HUSBAND AND WIFE
24CHAPTER XXIII RICHARD IS CLEARED
25CHAPTER XXIV LANE MAKES A CALL
26CHAPTER XXV MRS. MORRICE’S CONFESSION
27CHAPTER XXVI THE STORY CONTINUED
28CHAPTER XXVII IN VINO VERITAS
29CHAPTER XXVIII BLACKMAILED!
30CHAPTER XXIX SIR GEORGE IS ARRESTED
31CHAPTER XXX RUPERT MORRICE MAKES AMENDS
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