Trophy
““Better than being an unpaid one.”
“Touché!” she said, almost approvingly. “Either you’ve had practice dealing with awkward questions, or someone’s been teaching you how.”
“I hate to disappoint you, but no one’s been teaching me. I haven’t had to answer silly questions like that before, either.” Selby glanced at the revelers. He and the girl were almost shouting to make themselves heard above the racket. “But I expect tonight may well make up for it.”
“You don’t really like us, do you?”
“To tel...l you the truth, I have no strong feelings either way.”
“Contempt, then. I see.”
He said nothing. He didn’t know the young woman looking mockingly up at him, and he didn’t want to.
About the time that Hohendorf was leaving his base in Schleswig, it was 23.15 in London. A winter’s ball was in full swing and the guests, having had their fill of a substantial banquet, were settling down to an evening of serious dancing and drinking.
The ballroom and main restaurant of one of the bigger London hotels had been engaged for the night, and one of the three hired bands was onstage.MoreLess
“Touché!” she said, almost approvingly. “Either you’ve had practice dealing with awkward questions, or someone’s been teaching you how.”
“I hate to disappoint you, but no one’s been teaching me. I haven’t had to answer silly questions like that before, either.” Selby glanced at the revelers. He and the girl were almost shouting to make themselves heard above the racket. “But I expect tonight may well make up for it.”
“You don’t really like us, do you?”
“To tel...l you the truth, I have no strong feelings either way.”
“Contempt, then. I see.”
He said nothing. He didn’t know the young woman looking mockingly up at him, and he didn’t want to.
About the time that Hohendorf was leaving his base in Schleswig, it was 23.15 in London. A winter’s ball was in full swing and the guests, having had their fill of a substantial banquet, were settling down to an evening of serious dancing and drinking.
The ballroom and main restaurant of one of the bigger London hotels had been engaged for the night, and one of the three hired bands was onstage.MoreLess
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