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Robert Barr. Lord Stranleigh, Philanthropist
Lord Stranleigh, Philanthropist
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. BORROWING STRANLEIGH'S NAME
GREATEST COUP OF MODERN TIMES
THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERE
"MY LIBRARY WAS DUKEDOM LARGE ENOUGH"
A DISASTROUS DASH INTO THE FRAY
WHEN SPADES WERE TRUMPS
LORD STRANLEIGH ON GUARD
THE NAPPING OF THE KID
THE WHEAT PIT
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
THE ROMANCE OF THE GOLDEN BRICK
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Robert Barr
Published by Good Press, 2020
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"That's quite enough, Ponderby," interrupted his lordship. "Although I might for once consent to reach Charing Cross at 9 a.m., I am jiggered if I'll alight at Frankfort at three in the morning. Trot us out another train, Ponderby."
"There's the afternoon train from Charing Cross, my lord, leaving at 2.20. Sleeping-car Ostend to Cologne. A run up the left bank of the Rhine by daybreak, arriving in Frankfort just before noon."
