The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton
                                            
                            By E. Phillips Oppenheim
                            
                                17 Oct, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: Mr. Lynn grunted. He was perfectly well aware that the house would seem more desirable to his wife and daughters from the very fact that it belonged to a "Lady" anybody. He was perfectly well aware, also, that his companion had suspect
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                                                Brief Extract: Mr. Lynn grunted. He was perfectly well aware that the house would seem more desirable to his wife and daughters from the very fact that it belonged to a "Lady" anybody. He was perfectly well aware, also, that his companion had suspected this. The consideration of these facts left him, however, unaffected. He was disposed, if anything, to admire the cleverness of the young man who had realized an outside asset. Less