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Название книги: To Love and Be Wise
Автор(ы): Josephine Tey
Жанр: Детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/To-Love-and-Be-Wise-193728.html
The verses on page 188 are quoted from A Soldier Looks at Beauty, by Hugh P. F. McIntosh, published by Messrs. Simpkin Marshall, Ltd.
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Grant paused with his foot on the lowest step, and listened to the shrieking from the floor above. As well as the shrieks there was a dull continuous roar; an elemental sound, like a forest fire or a river in spate. As his reluctant legs bore him upwards he arrived at the inevitable deduction: the party was being a success.He was not going to the party. Literary sherry parties, even distinguished ones, were not Grant's cup of tea. He was going to collect Marta Hallard and take her out to dinner. Policemen, it is true, do not normally take out to dinner leading actresses who gravitate between the Haymarket and the Old Vic; not even when the policemen are Detective-Inspectors at Scotland Yard. There were three reasons for his privileged position, and Grant was aware of all three. In the first place he was a presentable escort, in the second place he could afford to dine
Название книги: To Love and Be Wise
Автор(ы): Josephine Tey
Жанр: Детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/To-Love-and-Be-Wise-193728.html
The verses on page 188 are quoted from A Soldier Looks at Beauty, by Hugh P. F. McIntosh, published by Messrs. Simpkin Marshall, Ltd.
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Grant paused with his foot on the lowest step, and listened to the shrieking from the floor above. As well as the shrieks there was a dull continuous roar; an elemental sound, like a forest fire or a river in spate. As his reluctant legs bore him upwards he arrived at the inevitable deduction: the party was being a success.He was not going to the party. Literary sherry parties, even distinguished ones, were not Grant's cup of tea. He was going to collect Marta Hallard and take her out to dinner. Policemen, it is true, do not normally take out to dinner leading actresses who gravitate between the Haymarket and the Old Vic; not even when the policemen are Detective-Inspectors at Scotland Yard. There were three reasons for his privileged position, and Grant was aware of all three. In the first place he was a presentable escort, in the second place he could afford to dine
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