[Clementina by A.E.W. Mason]@TWC D-Link book
Clementina

CHAPTER XVIII
24/53

He was pleased, too, because there were no other travellers in the inn.

He went back to the landlady.
"It is very likely," said he, "that my friends when they come will, after all, choose to stay here for the night.

I will hire all the rooms upon the first floor." The landlady was no less pleased than Mr.Wogan.She had a thought that they were a runaway couple and served them breakfast in a little parlour up the stairs with many sly and confusing allusions.

She became confused, however, when after breakfast Clementina withdrew to bed, and Wogan sauntered out into the high-road, where he sat himself down on a bank to watch for Captain Misset.

All day he sat resolutely with his back towards the inn.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books