[The Tempting of Tavernake by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tempting of Tavernake CHAPTER XIII 7/11
Mr.Crease half agrees with me, but as he never agrees with any one, on principle, he hates to say so.
Mr.Faulkes is wavering. You shall decide; you, I know, are one of those people who never waver." "I should wear the pearls," Tavernake said. Elizabeth made them a little courtesy. "You see, my dear friends," she declared, "you have to come to England, after all, to find a man who knows his own mind and speaks it without fear.
The pearls it shall be." "It may be decision," Crease drawled, speaking with a slight American accent, "or it may be gallantry.
Mr.Tavernake knew your own choice." "The last word, as usual," she sighed.
"Now, if you good people will kindly go on downstairs, I will join you in a few minutes.
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