The Double Traitor: Beyond World's Classics

By: Oppenheim, Edward Phillips

The woman leaned across the table towards her companion. "My friend," she said, "when we first met- I am ashamed, considering that I dine alone with you to-night, to reflect how short a time ago- you spoke of your removal here from Paris very much as though it were a veritable exile. I told you then that there might be surprises in store for you. This restaurant, for instance We both know our Paris, yet do we lack anything here which you find at the Ritz or Giro's?" The young man looked around him appraisingly. The two were dining at one of the newest and most fashionable restaurants in Berlin. The room itself, although a little sombre by reason of its oak panelling, was relieved from absolute gloom by the lightness and elegance of its furniture and appointments, the profusion of flowers, and the soft grey carpet, so thickly piled that every sound was deadened. The delicate strains of music came from an invisible orchestra concealed behind a canopy of palms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HQ4XVFQ
• ISBN13: 9798678752239
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"