Length10h 48m
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That he had made no reply whatsoever to Fenton's proposition he failed to realize till Gerald spoke again. "Well, Sid," demanded that impetuous lieutenant of finance, "gone dumb? Perhaps I haven't made it plain," and he particularized on his fingers. "You get an ocean trip of eight or ten weeks' duration, tropic sun at its best, leisurely business without a fleck of bother, absolute rest, good provender, thorough recuperation, your entire expenses cheerfully paid, vast service rendered to me, no time lost on your equilibrator, time for countless new inventions to sprout in your fertile brain—and the unutterable joy of escaping this abominable climate, practically at once!" Grenville's smile, still brightly boyish, despite the many reverses and hardships of his six and twenty years, came creeping to his eyes. His wan face suggested a tint of color. "Don't wake me up for a moment, Fen," he answered. "I haven't dreamed anything like it for years." "Dreamed?" repeated Fenton, resuming his interrupted pacing up and down the rug, where the firelight reddened his profile. "Does that mean you like it?—you'll go?" "Would Cinderella go to a ball?" replied the still incredulous Grenville, half seriously. "What's the joker, old chap? What is the worst that could happen at the midnight stroke of twelve?" ."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length10 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I
25CHAPTER XXV
2CHAPTER II
26CHAPTER XXVI
3CHAPTER III
27CHAPTER XXVII
4CHAPTER IV
28CHAPTER XXVIII
5CHAPTER V
29CHAPTER XXIX
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6CHAPTER VI
30CHAPTER XXX
7CHAPTER VII
31CHAPTER XXXI
8CHAPTER VIII
32CHAPTER XXXII
9CHAPTER IX
33CHAPTER XXXIII
10CHAPTER X
34CHAPTER XXXIV
11CHAPTER XI
35CHAPTER XXXV
12CHAPTER XII
36CHAPTER XXXVI
13CHAPTER XIII
37CHAPTER XXXVII
14CHAPTER XIV
38CHAPTER XXXVIII
15CHAPTER XV
39CHAPTER XXXIX
16CHAPTER XVI
40CHAPTER XL
17CHAPTER XVII
41CHAPTER XLI
18CHAPTER XVIII
42CHAPTER XLII
19CHAPTER XIX
43CHAPTER XLIII
20CHAPTER XX
44CHAPTER XLIV
21CHAPTER XXI
45CHAPTER XLV
22CHAPTER XXII
46CHAPTER XLVI
23CHAPTER XXIII
47CHAPTER XLVII
24CHAPTER XXIV
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