He was an outside broker and the proprietor of a financial newspaper; hehad come up very rapidly in the last few years, and Mr. Stanley admiredand detested him in almost equal measure. It was intolerable to thinkthat he might overhear words and phrases. Mr. Stanley's pace slackened."You've no right to badger me like this, Veronica," he said.
Besides this, theunbroken darkness had had a distressing effect upon my eyes. The airwas full of the throb and hum of machinery pumping air down theshaft.'I... read more
