The Man Who Bought London (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
He would have liked to refuse point blank, to have indulged himself in a display of temper, if only to embarrass the girl; but he had sufficient command of himself to check his natural desire. He scowled at the young man with whom he was left alone, and answered in monosyllables the polite observations which Gordon Bray offered upon men and things. There was no evidence in either the attire or in the speech of the technical student to suggest that he was of any other class than that of the man who examined him so superciliously.‘I gather you’re one of the people my sister is distributing prizes to,’ said Hermann rudely.‘Not exactly,’ said the other quietly. ‘Miss Zeberlieff is very kindly giving the gold medal for drawing, but the Countess of Danbery is actually making the award.’‘It doesn’t matter much who makes it so long as you get it,’ answered Hermann, summarizing his philosophy of life in one pregnant sentence.‘As a matter of fact I am not even getting it,’ said the other.
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