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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The green Mummy

The green Mummy

Hume (1859-1932), Fergus
Ballin, G-Ph

Paperback

Horror

ISBN10: 1540450678
ISBN13: 9781540450678
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 16 2016
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Extract: CHAPTER I. THE LOVERS I am very angry, pouted the maid. In heaven's name, why? questioned the bachelor. You have, so to speak, bought me. Impossible: your price is prohibitive. Indeed, when a thousand pounds- You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much. Pooh! That interjection doesn't answer my question. I don't think it is one which needs answering, said the young man lightly; there are more important things to talk about than pounds, shillings, and sordid pence. Oh, indeed! Such as- Love, on a day such as this is. Look at the sky, blue as your eyes; at the sunshine, golden as your hair. Warm as your affection, you should say. Affection! So cold a word, when I love you. To the extent of one thousand pounds. Lucy, you are a-woman. That money did not buy your love, but the consent of your step-father to our marriage. Had I not humored his whim, he would have insisted upon your marrying Random. Lucy pouted again and in scorn. As if I ever would, said she. Well, I don't know. Random is a soldier and a baronet; handsome and agreeable, with a certain amount of talent. What objection can you find to such a match? One insuperable objection; he isn't you, Archie-darling. H'm, the adjective appears to be an afterthought, grumbled the bachelor; then, when she merely laughed teasingly after the manner of women, he added moodily: No, by Jove, Random isn't me, by any manner of means. I am but a poor artist without fame or position, struggling on three hundred a year for a grudging recognition. Quite enough for one, you greedy creature. And for two? he inquired softly. More than enough. Oh, nonsense, nonsense, nonsense! What! when I am engaged to you? Actions speak much louder than remarks, Mr. Archibald Hope. I love you more than I do money. Angel! angel! You said that I was a woman just now. What do, you mean? This, and he kissed her willing lips in the lane, which was empty save for blackbirds and beetles. Is any explanation a clear one? Not to an angel, who requires adoration, but to a woman who-Let us walk on, Archie, or we shall be late for dinner......

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