Air Ticket

Authors: Susan Barrie

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“The lake was like a sea of shimmering cobalt, and around it the mountains soared sharp and splendid against the sky.Fraulein Neiger, in her office in Oberlaken, frowned as she realized that Dr. Andreas was growing impatient, and that his buzzer was sounding again.Dr. Andreas, in a dark professional suit, looked like a caged and very impatient panther.“The countess is already ten minutes late,” he said, whirling on his secretary. “I shall wait no longer!”“Barely ten minutes, doctor,” she said in... her soft voice. “And the countess is so seldom late. Something must have kept her—”The front doorbell pealed, and Fraulein Neiger flew in a relieved fashion to open it. Another half minute and the doctor would have departed, she knew, and she would have been left to face the wrath of the countess alone. This one was a famous beauty, a ballet dancer before her marriage, and she swept into the room where Dr. Lucien Andreas awaited her with her arms outstretched toward him in apology.“I am so sorry, doctor!”MoreLess Read More Read Less