[The Tempting of Tavernake by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tempting of Tavernake CHAPTER XX 16/39
My meals up here," he added, with a little sigh, "have been sad feasts.
To-night we will be cheerful.
Some quails, I think, quails and some Clicquot for you, my dear.
You need it.
Ah, this is a happiness indeed!" "You know Mr.Tavernake, father," she remarked, after he had given a somewhat lengthy order to the waiter. "I met and talked with Mr.Tavernake here the other night," the professor admitted, with condescension. "Mr.Tavernake was very good to me at a time when I needed help," Beatrice told him. The professor grasped Tavernake's hands. "You were good to my child," he said, "you were good to me.
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