Length12h 39m
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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
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 7, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter One.
26Chapter Twenty Six.
2Chapter Two.
27Chapter Twenty Seven.
3Chapter Three.
28Chapter Twenty Eight.
4Chapter Four.
29Chapter Twenty Nine.
5Chapter Five.
30Chapter Thirty.
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6Chapter Six.
31Chapter Thirty One.
7Chapter Seven.
32Chapter Thirty Two.
8Chapter Eight.
33Chapter Thirty Three.
9Chapter Nine.
34Chapter Thirty Four.
10Chapter Ten.
35Chapter Thirty Five.
11Chapter Eleven.
36Chapter Thirty Six.
12Chapter Twelve.
37Chapter Thirty Seven.
13Chapter Thirteen.
38Chapter Thirty Eight.
14Chapter Fourteen.
39Chapter Thirty Nine.
15Chapter Fifteen.
40Chapter Forty.
16Chapter Sixteen.
41Chapter Forty One.
17Chapter Seventeen.
42Chapter Forty Two.
18Chapter Eighteen.
43Chapter Forty Three.
19Chapter Nineteen.
44Chapter Forty Four.
20Chapter Twenty.
45Chapter Forty Five.
21Chapter Twenty One.
46Chapter Forty Six.
22Chapter Twenty Two.
47Chapter Forty Seven.
23Chapter Twenty Three.
48Chapter Forty Eight.
24Chapter Twenty Four.
49Chapter Forty Nine.
25Chapter Twenty Five.
50Chapter Fifty.
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