Black but Comely, or the Adventures of Jane Lee, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Black but Comely, or the Adventures of Jane Lee, Vol. 3 of 3 None of Lord St. Moritz's party seemed thoroughly satisfied with the day's results. Prance regretted an element of caution in his nature that, except to the amount of a half-crown lottery, prevented his specu lating at all. Lady Mary - whose information came direct from a great personage, always good-natured and generally right - was tortured by self-reproach because she had not ventured her whole yearly in come, instead of half. Paravant, with some reason, seemed downhearted, and even sulky, while the rest experienced that sense of void and weariness which waits on all excitement involving no bodily risk, but, strangely enough, never affects those who come out of actual danger, either deliberately encountered or undergone by chance. Perhaps the least dissatisfied person in company was the butler, courteously offer ing champagne, who had backed Vermuth for this very event at no worse a price than twelve to one eight months ago, on information he could trust. Never meant to 'edge, as he told his club, never did 'edge, and landed one 'undred and twenty roofer as easy as changing a plate! What had his lordship done? Everybody asked in common courtesy. Nobody waited for his an swer, nor did he volunteer information, for St. Moritz was engrossed with other ventures, in which he hoped by skill, daring, and patience to come off a winner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.