Lord John in New York: Large Print

Bys: Williamson, A. M. and Williamson, C. N.

"More letters and flowers for you, Lord John," said my nurse.Not that I needed a nurse; and, above all things, I needed no more letters or flowers. Thewaste-paper basket was full. The room smelt like a perfume factory. The mantelpiece and allother receptacles having an army of occupation, vases and bowls were mobilising on the floor.This would, of course, not be tolerated in hospital; but I was off the sick list, recovering in aprivate convalescent home. I was fed up with being a wounded hero; the fragrance of too manyflowers, and the kindness of too many ladies, was sapping and mining my brain power;consequently, I could invent no excuse for escape.The nurse came in, put down the lilies, and gave me three letters.My heart beat, for I was expecting a note from a woman to whom somehow or other I wasalmost engaged, and to whom I didn't in the least wish to be engaged. She would not have lookedat me before the war, when I was only a younger brother of the Marquis of Haslemere-and theauthor of a successful detective story called The Key. Now, however; simply because I'd droppeda few bombs from a monoplane on to a Zeppelin hangar in Belgium, had been wounded in onearm and two legs, and through sheer instinct of self-preservation had contrived to escape, I was atoy worth playing with. She wanted to play with me. All the women I knew, not busy with bettertoys, wanted to play with me. My brother Haslemere, who had been ashamed of my extremelyclever, rather successful book, and the undoubted detective talent it showed, was proud of me asa mere bomb-dropper. So, too, was my sister-in-law. I was the principal object of attraction at themoment in Violet's zoo-I mean her convalescent home. She had cried because men were notbeing wounded fast enough to fill its expensively appointed rooms; I was captured, therefore, tomake up for deficiencies and shown off to Violet's many friends, who were duly photographedbending beautifully over me.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B089TRXVQD
• ISBN13: 9798652169763
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"