Treasure Mountain (1972)
“"But after twenty years? Twenty years?" said the woman.
"A lifetime to you, Fanny, but only yesterday to a man like your Uncle Philip." "But how could anyone know? It all happened so long ago, and so far away!" "Nevertheless, a man is here in New Orleans and he is asking questions. His name is Sackett." "What?" "Orrin Sackett. He is an attorney, a lawyer. He has the same name as the man who went to the western mountains with Pierre." Fanny Baston was small, slender, voluptuous, and beautiful. H...er shoulders were soft and amazingly white, her lips were warm and a little full, and her eyes were large.
She shrugged. "What difference can it make? Let him ask his questions. We simply know nothing. Who is left who could possibly know anything?" Andre scowled. "I do not know. Nobody, perhaps. But I do not like him asking questions. If Philip ever found out ..." "It would be the end," Paul said. "The end. He would cut us off, leave us nothing." "You, perhaps," Fanny said to Andre. "But I was a baby.MoreLess
"A lifetime to you, Fanny, but only yesterday to a man like your Uncle Philip." "But how could anyone know? It all happened so long ago, and so far away!" "Nevertheless, a man is here in New Orleans and he is asking questions. His name is Sackett." "What?" "Orrin Sackett. He is an attorney, a lawyer. He has the same name as the man who went to the western mountains with Pierre." Fanny Baston was small, slender, voluptuous, and beautiful. H...er shoulders were soft and amazingly white, her lips were warm and a little full, and her eyes were large.
She shrugged. "What difference can it make? Let him ask his questions. We simply know nothing. Who is left who could possibly know anything?" Andre scowled. "I do not know. Nobody, perhaps. But I do not like him asking questions. If Philip ever found out ..." "It would be the end," Paul said. "The end. He would cut us off, leave us nothing." "You, perhaps," Fanny said to Andre. "But I was a baby.MoreLess
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