Hearts of Three: Large Print

chair, ticker flung aside and forgotten as with the exultant joy of a boy he examined the toys and, one after another, began trying them, switching them through the air till they made shrill whip-like noises, moving them gently with prudence and precision under the lofty ceiling as he made believe to cast across the floor into some unseen pool of trout-lurking mystery.A telephone buzzed. Irritation was swift on his face."For heaven's sake answer it, Parker, he commanded. "If it is some silly stock-gambling female, tell her I'm dead, or drunk, or down with typhoid, or getting married, or anything calamitous."After a moment's dialogue, conducted on Parker's part, in the discreet and modulated tones that befitted absolutely the cool, chaste, noble dignity of the room, with a "One moment, sir," into the transmitter, he muffled the transmitter with his hand and said: "It's Mr. Bascom, sir. He wants you."

• | Author: Jack London
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: January 03, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 767 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1676378537
• | ISBN-13: 9781676378532