My Lady Rotha - Stanley J Weyman - Books - INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED - 9798687232760 - January 29, 2021
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My Lady Rotha

Stanley J Weyman

My Lady Rotha

Book Excerpt: ...g? Are you packing, wench? Because out you go to-morrow, pack or no pack! Out you go, do you hear?'He stood a moment waiting for an answer, but seemed to get none; on which he came back to his seat, and chuckling fatly to himself, looked round on his neighbours for applause. One winked and another rubbed his calves. The greater number eyed the fire with a sly smile. For my part I was slow of apprehension. I did not understand but waited to hear more. For five minutes we all sat silent, sucking our lips. Then Klink rose again with a knowing look, and crossed the kitchen on tiptoe with the same parade of caution as before. Bang!' He struck the door until it rattled on its hinges.'Hi! You there!' he thundered. 'Do you hear, you jade? Are you packing? Are you packing, I say? Because pack or no pack, to-morrow you go! I am a man of my word.'He did not wait this time for an answer, but came back to us with a self-satisfied grin on his face. He drank some beer--he was a big ponderous m...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 29, 2021
ISBN13 9798687232760
Publishers INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED
Pages 366
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 19 mm   ·   489 g
Language English  

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