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A Lost Leader by E. Phillips Oppenheim (World Cultural Heritage Library)
A Lost Leader by E Phillips Oppenheim - World Cultural Heritage Library Author:E. Phillips Oppenheim A LOST LEADER BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM...FROM THE BOOK.....She looked at him steadfastly, and her heart sank.The change in his outward appearance seemed typicalof some deeper and more final alteration in his wholenature. She felt herself powerless a... more »gainst the absoluteimpenetrability of his tone and manner. She felt that he had fought a battle within himself and conquered;that for some reason or other he had decided to walkno longer in the pleasanter paths of life. She had cometo him unexpectedly, but he had shown no sign of emotion.Her influence over him seemed to be wholly a thing of the past.She made one more effort. - "I think," she said, "that as one grows older one parts the lessreadily with the few friends who count. I hope that you willchange your mind." - - He bowed gravely, but he made no answer. Berenice tookBorrowdean's arm and passed on. There was a little spot ofcolour in her cheeks. Borrowdean felt nerved of his enterprise...........................................« less