“Quite so. But”—audaciously—“it’s a quotation which I trust one day to make my own!”
THE END.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.
Sydney C. Grier was the pseudonym of Hilda Caroline Gregg.
This book is part of the author’s “Modern East” series. The full series, in order, being:
The Flag of the Adventurer
Two Strong Men
The Advanced-Guard
His Excellency’s English Governess
Peace With Honour
The Warden of the Marches
Alterations to the text:
A few minor punctuation corrections.
Note: minor spelling and hyphenization inconsistencies have been left as is.
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