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Excerpt: ""There's some mystery about that girl—I'm certain of it." "What makes you suspect that?" "Well, first, she's evidently a lady—the daughter of a man who has come down in the world most probably: and secondly—" "Ah! You mean the secret lover—the man who was here yesterday and bought a twenty-guinea evening gown of her to send to his sister—eh?" exclaimed Mr Warner, "buyer" of the costume department of the great drapery house of Cunnington's, in Oxford Street, that huge store which, as everybody knows, competes with Whiteleys and Harrods for the premier place of the middle-class trade in London. "Yes," laughed Miss Thomas, the rather stout middle-aged woman who was head saleswoman of the department, as she stood in the small, glass-partitioned office of the buyer, a pleasant-faced man of forty-five who was an expert in ladies' costumes, and twice yearly bought his stock personally in Paris and in Berlin. "Yes. She's a really nice girl, but I can't quite make her out, although she's been here for over a year now." "And the lover?" asked the buyer, with a glance across the long square room where autumn costumes of every description were displayed upon stands, or hanging by the hundred in long rows, while ranged round the walls were many expensive evening-dresses exhibited in glass cases. It was afternoon, and the place was full of customers, the assistants in their neat black holding ready-made skirts to their sides to try the effect, or conducting the prospective purchaser to the fitting-rooms. And yet they were not what Mr Warner termed "busy." "The man, too, is a mystery, like Miss Rolfe. Nobody knows his name. He comes in sometimes, goes up to her, and asks to be served with a skirt or something, and has it sent to Mr Evans at some chambers in Dover Street. The name is, of course, not the right one," said the head assistant. "But Miss Rolfe knows it, of course?" "Probably she does." "And she meets him after business hours?" "I think so. But she keeps herself very much to herself, and is always at home early." Mr Warner glanced across at the tall, fair-haired, handsome girl, whose figure showed to such advantage in her black satin gown. At that moment she was displaying a cheap tweed skirt to two middle-aged women. Her face, as he caught its profile, was very soft and refined, the contour of her cheeks perfect, and the stray wisp of hair across the brow gave a softness to her countenance that was charming. Many a stage girl whose photograph was displayed in the shop-windows was not half so beautiful as the demure, hard-working shop-assistant, Marion Rolfe."
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length12 hrs 39 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 7, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter One.
27Chapter Twenty Seven.
2Chapter Two.
28Chapter Twenty Eight.
3Chapter Three.
29Chapter Twenty Nine.
4Chapter Four.
30Chapter Thirty.
5Chapter Five.
31Chapter Thirty One.
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6Chapter Six.
32Chapter Thirty Two.
7Chapter Seven.
33Chapter Thirty Three.
8Chapter Eight.
34Chapter Thirty Four.
9Chapter Nine.
35Chapter Thirty Five.
10Chapter Ten.
36Chapter Thirty Six.
11Chapter Eleven.
37Chapter Thirty Seven.
12Chapter Twelve.
38Chapter Thirty Eight.
13Chapter Thirteen.
39Chapter Thirty Nine.
14Chapter Fourteen.
40Chapter Forty.
15Chapter Fifteen.
41Chapter Forty One.
16Chapter Sixteen.
42Chapter Forty Two.
17Chapter Seventeen.
43Chapter Forty Three.
18Chapter Eighteen.
44Chapter Forty Four.
19Chapter Nineteen.
45Chapter Forty Five.
20Chapter Twenty.
46Chapter Forty Six.
21Chapter Twenty One.
47Chapter Forty Seven.
22Chapter Twenty Two.
48Chapter Forty Eight.
23Chapter Twenty Three.
49Chapter Forty Nine.
24Chapter Twenty Four.
50Chapter Fifty.
25Chapter Twenty Five.
51Chapter Fifty One.
26Chapter Twenty Six.
52Chapter Fifty Two.
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