The Street Called Straight a Novel
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By Basil King 28 Jan, 2019
Drusilla pulled down the corners of a large, mobile mouth, so as to simulate Lady Bannockburn's expression, in a way that drew a laugh from every one at the table but the host. Henry Guion remained serious, not from natural gravity, but from inattent ... Read more
Drusilla pulled down the corners of a large, mobile mouth, so as to simulate Lady Bannockburn's expression, in a way that drew a laugh from every one at the table but the host. Henry Guion remained serious, not from natural gravity, but from inattention. He was obviously not in a mood for joking, nor apparently for eating, since he had scarcely tasted his soup and was now only playing with the fish. As this corroborated what Mrs. Temple had more than once asserted to her husband during the past few weeks, that "Henry Guion had something on his mind," she endeavored to exchange a glance with him, but he was too frankly enjoying the exercise of his daughter's mimetic gift to be otherwise observant. Less
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  • 2017-05-26
  • English
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Born in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada February 26, 1859 Died: January 01, 1929 Genre: Poetry 'William Benjamin Basil King was born 26 February, 1859, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He had...
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