The Innocent Moon (2014)
“He returned to open the door for the Chief, as he was called, and received a smile and a courteous word of thanks, together with a keen look as though his Lordship had remembered the small boy on a summer-day trip to Brighton with whom he had spoken on the esplanade, while watching, with others, one of the balloons in a long-distance race passing up Channel.
That afternoon, when he returned from the pavements of Brondesbury, Major Pemberthy strolled over and said, “What do you know about li...ght cars?”
“Not much, sir, but I’ve got a racing motor-cycle.”“But you have experience of light cars,” went on Major Pemberthy. “I’ve told the Chief you have. He wants a column on light cars in The Weekly Courier. You can do it. I know you can. Go and see the editor in Monks House, and say the Chief sent you. He remembered your eyes, from talking to you at Brighton when you were a boy. Do you remember talking to him?”
“Yes, sir, I do!MoreLess
That afternoon, when he returned from the pavements of Brondesbury, Major Pemberthy strolled over and said, “What do you know about li...ght cars?”
“Not much, sir, but I’ve got a racing motor-cycle.”“But you have experience of light cars,” went on Major Pemberthy. “I’ve told the Chief you have. He wants a column on light cars in The Weekly Courier. You can do it. I know you can. Go and see the editor in Monks House, and say the Chief sent you. He remembered your eyes, from talking to you at Brighton when you were a boy. Do you remember talking to him?”
“Yes, sir, I do!MoreLess
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