The Chinese Parrot

Автор книги: Earl Derr Biggers id книги: 2151094 Оценка: 0.0 Голосов: 0 Отзывы, комментарии: 0 123,69 руб. (1,26$) Читать книгу Купить и скачать книгу Электронная книга Жанр: Языкознание Правообладатель и/или издательство: Bookwire Дата добавления в каталог КнигаЛит: 7 сентября 2021, 16:32 ISBN: 4064066364939 Скачать фрагмент в формате fb2 fb2.zip Возрастное ограничение: 0+ Оглавление Отрывок из книги

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Earl Derr Biggers

Published by Good Press, 2021

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“And even more beautiful than it was then, I’ll wager,” Eden smiled. “You know, Mr Madden, there is an old superstition in the jewellery trade that pearls assume the personality of their wearer and become sombre or bright, according to the mood of the one they adorn. If that is true, this string has grown more lovely through the years.”

“Bunk,” said Madden rudely. “Oh, excuse me—I don’t mean that the lady isn’t charming. But I have no sympathy with the silly superstitions of your trade—or of any other trade. Well, I’m a busy man. I’ll take the string—at the price I named.”

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