[Tenterhooks by Ada Leverson]@TWC D-Link bookTenterhooks CHAPTER XIV 3/11
I'll give you the address.' 'I know of a very good elocutionist in Oxford Street.
I think I would go and have some lessons, if I were you, Bruce; the summer classes are just beginning.
They teach you to speak so clearly, to get your voice over the footlights, as it were.
I think all men require to study oratory and elocution.
It comes in so useful!' Bruce lowered his voice almost to a whisper. 'Are you playing the fool with me ?' She nodded amiably in the manner of a person perfectly deaf, but who is pretending to hear. 'Yes, dear; yes, quite right.' 'What do you mean by 'quite right' ?' He unfastened his coat and threw it open, glaring at her a little. 'Who--me? _I_ don't know.' 'Who is that letter from, Edith ?' he said breezily, in a tone of sudden careless and cheery interest. 'I haven't read it yet, Bruce,' she answered, in the same tone, brightly. 'Oh.
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