The Pawns Count

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips

"All the same," Lutchester continued, still studying the notice, "news does run over London like quicksilver. If you step down to the American bar here, for instance, you'll find that Charles is one of the best-informed men about the war in London. He has patrons in the Army, in the Navy, and in the Flying Corps, and it's astonishing how communicative they seem to become after the second or third cocktail." "Cocktail, mark you, Miss Van Teyl," Holderness pointed out. "We poor Englishmen could keep our tongues from wagging before we acquired some of your American habits." "The habits are all right," Pamela retorted. "It's your heads that are wrong." "The most valued product of your country," Lutchester murmured, "is more dangerous to our hearts than to our heads." She made a little grimace and turned away, holding out her hand to a new arrival-a tall, broad-shouldered man, with a strong, cold face and keen, grey eyes, aggressive even behind his gold-rimmed spectacles. There was a queer change in his face as his eyes met Pamela's. He seemed suddenly to become more human. His pleasure at seeing her was certainly more than the usual transatlantic politeness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B086Y6HLW8
• ISBN13: 9798635604366
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"