Lady Larkspur

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Meredith Nicholson. Lady Larkspur

Lady Larkspur

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LADY LARKSPUR

CHAPTER I

THE "TROOPS"

CHAPTER II

THE AMAZING WIDOW

CHAPTER III

A FAN

CHAPTER IV

PURSUING KNIGHTS

CHAPTER V

ALICE

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Meredith Nicholson

Published by Good Press, 2019

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I debated this a moment, and when he hinted that dinner could be more conveniently served there than in my own quarters, I said that for the present the Flynns might give me breakfast and luncheon at the garage, but that I would dine at the house. The original owner of the property, from whose executor my uncle had purchased it with all its belongings, had accumulated a remarkable library, rich in the Elizabethan stuff for which I have a weakness, and it occurred to me that it would be pleasant to eat my solitary dinner at the residence and loaf in the library for an hour afterward. Like most slaves of the inkpot, I habitually postpone actual labor as long as possible, and if I were to dine at the garage I should have no excuse for not plunging at once into my novel. The Tyringham people were domiciled in cottages scattered over the estate, though a full staff of house servants was established in the residence.

It was five o'clock when I reached the garage, and Antoine left me after opening my bags with the suggestion that I could summon Zimmerman, a former valet of the Tyringham, for any service I might require. I knew Zimmerman very well and said I would call him when occasion required.

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