[The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton CHAPTER XX 16/18
It's no use coming down to Clematis Villa and talking about the effect of the bean having worn off and being yourself again.
You seem pretty comfortable here and you can stay here until I'm ready for you.
Oh, bother holding the door open!" she added, angrily.
"I hate such tricks! Get out of the way and let me pass.
I can let myself out. More fool me for coming! I might have known you'd have nothing sensible to say." "I'm afraid," Burton admitted, "that we do rather look at this matter from different points of view, but, as I told you before, you will find very soon that Alfred will be just the same as he used to be." "If he don't alter," Ellen declared, looking back from the door, "you'll find him here one day by Carter Patterson's, with a label around his neck.
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