The Paliser Case Author:Edgar Saltus General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1919 Original Publisher: Boni and Liveright Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Literary History / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editio... more »n of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: "Have Lennox here morning, noon and night. See to it that Margaret has every opportunity to get sick to death of him. Whereas if you interfere " Mrs. Austen, as though invoking the saints, lifted her eyes. "Ah, I know! If I had not been interfered with I would not have taken Austen. Much good it did me!" Verelst, his hand on the tiller, nodded. "There you are! That locksmith business is very sound. Love revels in it. But give him his head and goodbye. Sooner or later he is bound to take to his heels, but, the more he is welcomed, the sooner he goes. The history of love is a history of farewells." Paliser, who had caught the last phrase, felt like laughing and consequently looked very serious. The spectacle of two antiques discussing love seemed to him as hilarious as two paupers discussing wealth. He patted his tie. "Very interesting topic, Mrs. Austen." The woman smiled at him. "Love? Yes. How would you define it?" Paliser returned her smile. "A mutual misunderstanding." Mrs. Austen's smile deepened. "Would you like to have one?" "With your daughter, yes." Et moi donc! thought this lady, who, like others of our aristocracy, occasionally lapsed into French. But she said: "Why not enter the lists?" "I thought they were closed." "Are they ever?" But now Verelst addressed the too charming young man. "How is your father?" "In his usual poor health, thank you." "What does he say about the war?" "Nothing very original -- that the Kaiser ought to be sent to D; vil's Island. But that I told ...« less