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diff --git a/55760-0.txt b/55760-0.txt index 6b85ab9..2fdaa88 100644 --- a/55760-0.txt +++ b/55760-0.txt @@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ this formula for her. She will need it.' Suzanne de Freyne shook her head. -You will not be able to leave the gardens alive with it,' she assured +'You will not be able to leave the gardens alive with it,' she assured him. He glanced at her incredulously. Her smooth face was unwrinkled. She @@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ examined or made copies of what he chose.' 'How do you know this?' he asked incredulously. -'It is quite simple,' she explained. Even the cleverest man in the +'It is quite simple,' she explained. 'Even the cleverest man in the world seems always to forget one thing. Niko forgot that his clothes and fingers, even his breath, have always that peculiar Oriental perfume. What is it like--half almond-blossom, half sandalwood?' @@ -2872,7 +2872,7 @@ to Suzanne's inquiry. 'The doctor has ordered him complete rest.' 'My business,' Suzanne explained, 'is very urgent.' 'So every reporter who has been here to-day has told me,' the man -replied a little wearily. No one has been allowed to see him.' +replied a little wearily. 'No one has been allowed to see him.' 'Is Lady Matravers in?' Suzanne persisted. @@ -4776,7 +4776,7 @@ half-past five.' 'You wonderful person,' she sighed, shaking herself free from the rugs. -They drew up in the archway 01 the hotel and made their way up the +They drew up in the archway of the hotel and made their way up the outside stairs into the old-fashioned coffee-room. She drank tea and toyed with her bread and butter absently. She looked continually out of the window, seawards. @@ -4993,8 +4993,8 @@ some piffling reason. Where have you come from?' 'Holland,' was the brief reply. -'If you are really in a hurry, sir,' Major Elwell intervened politely,' -you are only wasting time by this discussion with your friend. Before +'If you are really in a hurry, sir,' Major Elwell intervened politely, +'you are only wasting time by this discussion with your friend. Before you proceed, you will have to come into the guardroom with me.' 'I'm damned if I do!' Mr. Johnson replied. 'If you lay hands on me, @@ -5574,7 +5574,7 @@ to a broad stone piazza, at the back of Mr. Moreton's mansion in Riverside Drive. It was here that Lavendale received one of the surprises of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Moreton were reclining in low wicker chairs, and between them, a miracle of daintiness in her white -linen costume and plain black hat, was--Suzanne. Lavendale forget his +linen costume and plain black hat, was--Suzanne. Lavendale forgot his manners, forgot the tremendous interest of his visit, forgot everything else in the world. He stood quite still for a moment. Then he strode forward with outstretched hands and a very visible gladness in his face. @@ -6351,7 +6351,7 @@ faith, were sent across the wineglasses to the country whom it was designed to honour. Back in their corner, Lavendale and Suzanne looked on curiously. Once Lavendale drank a little toast with his companion. -'This,' he murmured,' is to our fuller alliance.' +'This,' he murmured, 'is to our fuller alliance.' She drank with him, although she seemed a little puzzled. @@ -7580,16 +7580,4 @@ _Printed in Great Britain by_ Butler & Tanner, _Frome and London_ _Publishers, London, E.C.4_ - - - - - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat, by -E. Phillips Oppenheim - *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 55760 *** diff --git a/55760-h/55760-h.htm b/55760-h/55760-h.htm index 2655685..8a39545 100644 --- a/55760-h/55760-h.htm +++ b/55760-h/55760-h.htm @@ -1,19 +1,16 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> +<!DOCTYPE html> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> +<html lang="en"> <head> -<link rel="coverpage" href="images/img-cover.jpg" /> +<link rel="coverpage" href="images/img-cover.jpg" > -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> +<meta charset="utf-8"> -<title> -The Project Gutenberg E-text of Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat, by E. Phillips Oppenheim -</title> +<title>Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat | Project Gutenberg</title> -<style type="text/css"> +<style> body { color: black; background: white; margin-right: 10%; @@ -106,37 +103,37 @@ p.finis { font-size: larger ; <div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 55760 ***</div> <h1> -<br /><br /> - AMBROSE<br /> - LAVENDALE,<br /> - DIPLOMAT<br /> +<br ><br > + AMBROSE<br > + LAVENDALE,<br > + DIPLOMAT<br > </h1> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3b"> BY </p> <p class="t2b"> - E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM<br /> + E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM<br > </p> -<p><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ></p> <p class="t3"> - HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED<br /> - LONDON<br /> - 1920<br /> + HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED<br > + LONDON<br > + 1920<br > </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p class="t4"> <i>Printed in Great Britain by</i> Butler & Tanner, <i>Frome and London</i> </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p class="t2"> CONTENTS @@ -150,7 +147,7 @@ CHAPTER I <a href="#chap01">The Man who could have Ended the War</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER II @@ -160,7 +157,7 @@ CHAPTER II <a href="#chap02">The Lost Formula</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER III @@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ CHAPTER III <a href="#chap03">A Deal with Niko</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER IV @@ -180,7 +177,7 @@ CHAPTER IV <a href="#chap04">General Matravers Repays</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER V @@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ CHAPTER V <a href="#chap05">Susceptible Mr. Kessner</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER VI @@ -200,7 +197,7 @@ CHAPTER VI <a href="#chap06">The Machinations of Mr. Courlander</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER VII @@ -210,7 +207,7 @@ CHAPTER VII <a href="#chap07">The Indiscreet Travellers</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER VIII @@ -220,7 +217,7 @@ CHAPTER VIII <a href="#chap08">The Undeniable Force</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER IX @@ -230,7 +227,7 @@ CHAPTER IX <a href="#chap09">An Interrupted Review</a> </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p class="t3"> CHAPTER X @@ -240,13 +237,13 @@ CHAPTER X <a href="#chap10">The Sentence of the Court</a> </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap01"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER I -<br /> +<br > THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE ENDED THE WAR </h3> @@ -1093,7 +1090,7 @@ the most wonderful sight you have ever witnessed in your life.' </p> -<p><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ></p> <p class="t3"> II @@ -1635,7 +1632,7 @@ signing.' <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -1831,13 +1828,13 @@ Lavendale nodded. whispered. </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap02"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER II -<br /> +<br > THE LOST FORMULA </h3> @@ -2304,7 +2301,7 @@ if a little theatrical, was final. The honours remained with him.... </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p> Lavendale, a few minutes later, on his way @@ -2739,7 +2736,7 @@ Suzanne de Freyne shook her head. </p> <p> -You will not be able to leave the gardens +'You will not be able to leave the gardens alive with it,' she assured him. </p> @@ -2879,7 +2876,7 @@ seven o'clock, in morning clothes. Till then, <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -3338,13 +3335,13 @@ he assented, 'but I don't think it will reach Germany.' </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap03"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER III -<br /> +<br > A DEAL WITH NIKO </h3> @@ -4004,7 +4001,7 @@ chose.' </p> <p> -'It is quite simple,' she explained. Even +'It is quite simple,' she explained. 'Even the cleverest man in the world seems always to forget one thing. Niko forgot that his clothes and fingers, even his breath, have @@ -4347,7 +4344,7 @@ door. Lavendale nodded curtly. <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -4601,7 +4598,7 @@ Lavendale stood with his finger upon the bell. at the bottom of the sea.' ... </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p> Ossendorf's body was carried away. It @@ -4642,13 +4639,13 @@ sideboard. He was feeling the strain. 'In that case,' he murmured, 'perhaps——' </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap04"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER IV -<br /> +<br > GENERAL MATRAVERS REPAYS </h3> @@ -5103,7 +5100,7 @@ porter and was conducted to a taxicab. <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -5406,7 +5403,7 @@ urgent.' <p> 'So every reporter who has been here to-day has told me,' the man replied a little wearily. -No one has been allowed to see him.' +'No one has been allowed to see him.' </p> <p> @@ -5694,7 +5691,7 @@ room seated and silent. <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -5721,13 +5718,13 @@ utterly indifferent to the turmoil around. was the man.' </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap05"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER V -<br /> +<br > SUSCEPTIBLE MR. KESSNER </h3> @@ -6453,7 +6450,7 @@ going up to my room to write some letters.' <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -6998,13 +6995,13 @@ on Friday night!' declared. </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap06"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER VI -<br /> +<br > THE MACHINATIONS OF MR. COURLANDER </h3> @@ -7443,7 +7440,7 @@ his eyes off you.' given me something to think about.' </p> -<p><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ></p> <p class="t3"> II @@ -8108,7 +8105,7 @@ altogether charming, and perhaps you will forget. But I shall like to think of this evening.' ... </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p> Practical, hard-headed, and with a sound @@ -8375,13 +8372,13 @@ cigarette and lit it. 'Thank you,' he replied, 'I think I'll walk.' </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap07"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER VII -<br /> +<br > THE INDISCREET TRAVELLER </h3> @@ -8661,7 +8658,7 @@ and see me again, Ambrose, when you're feeling a little more cheerful.' ... </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p> Lavendale made a call in the Strand and @@ -8928,7 +8925,7 @@ herself free from the rugs. </p> <p> -They drew up in the archway 01 the hotel +They drew up in the archway of the hotel and made their way up the outside stairs into the old-fashioned coffee-room. She drank tea and toyed with her bread and butter @@ -9322,7 +9319,7 @@ Where have you come from?' <p> 'If you are really in a hurry, sir,' Major -Elwell intervened politely,' you are only +Elwell intervened politely, 'you are only wasting time by this discussion with your friend. Before you proceed, you will have to come into the guardroom with me.' @@ -9682,7 +9679,7 @@ carrying are in that car!' <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -9840,7 +9837,7 @@ addressed in plain characters:— </p> <p class="t3"> - <i>To His Excellency.</i><br /> + <i>To His Excellency.</i><br > </p> <p class="noindent"> @@ -9889,7 +9886,7 @@ then London.' <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -9962,13 +9959,13 @@ it. Her eyes were moist as she watched them. of paper!' </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap08"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER VIII -<br /> +<br > THE UNDENIABLE FORCE </h3> @@ -10376,7 +10373,7 @@ remembers.' <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -10393,7 +10390,7 @@ the surprises of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Moreton were reclining in low wicker chairs, and between them, a miracle of daintiness in her white linen costume and plain black hat, was—Suzanne. -Lavendale forget his manners, forgot the +Lavendale forgot his manners, forgot the tremendous interest of his visit, forgot everything else in the world. He stood quite still for a moment. Then he strode forward with @@ -10733,7 +10730,7 @@ with Jimmy, Mr. Lavendale,' she said, 'I'll look after Miss de Freyne.' ... </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p> Luncheon was a meal of unexpected simplicity, @@ -11215,13 +11212,13 @@ The apprehension of great things kept them silent. They faced the Unknown. </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap09"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER IX -<br /> +<br > AN INTERRUPTED REVUE </h3> @@ -11321,8 +11318,8 @@ her— </p> <p class="t3"> - <i>Mr. Ambrose Lavendale,<br /> - 17 Sackville Street.</i><br /> + <i>Mr. Ambrose Lavendale,<br > + 17 Sackville Street.</i><br > </p> <p> @@ -11781,7 +11778,7 @@ the door. Afterwards we will see.' ... </p> -<p><br /></p> +<p><br ></p> <p> It was 'French Night' at Luigi's Restaurant, @@ -11808,7 +11805,7 @@ companion. </p> <p> -'This,' he murmured,' is to our fuller alliance.' +'This,' he murmured, 'is to our fuller alliance.' </p> <p> @@ -12397,13 +12394,13 @@ to him. 'My dear ally!' she murmured. </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p><a id="chap10"></a></p> <h3> CHAPTER X -<br /> +<br > THE SENTENCE OF THE COURT </h3> @@ -12951,7 +12948,7 @@ down there to-morrow.' <p class="thought"> ***** -<br /> +<br > </p> <p> @@ -13992,68 +13989,67 @@ She flashed a wonderful smile up at him. 'It was the sentence of the court,' she murmured. </p> -<p><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ></p> <p class="t3"> THE END </p> -<p><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ></p> <p class="t4"> <i>Printed in Great Britain by</i> Butler & Tanner, <i>Frome and London</i> </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /> +<p><br ><br ><br > </p> <p class="thought"> ******** -<br /> +<br > </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /></p> +<p><br ><br ><br ></p> <p class="t3b"> - <i>The Novels of<br /> + <i>The Novels of<br > E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM</i> </p> <p class="noindent"> - THE PROFITEERS<br /> - THE DEVIL'S PAW<br /> - JACOB'S LADDER<br /> - THE GREAT IMPERSONATION<br /> - THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. JOCELYN THEW<br /> - THE HON. ALGERNON KNOX, DETECTIVE<br /> - AARON RODD, DIVINER<br /> - AMBROSE LAVENDALE, DIPLOMAT<br /> - THE WICKED MARQUIS<br /> - MR. LESSINGHAM GOES HOME<br /> - THE OTHER ROMILLY<br /> - THE DOUBLE TRAITOR<br /> - THE PAWNS COUNT<br /> - THE MISCHIEF MAKER<br /> - THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE<br /> - THE PLUNDERERS<br /> - THE TEMPTATION OF TAVERNAKE<br /> - HAVOC<br /> - THE FALLING STAR<br /> - THE LIGHTED WAY<br /> - THE BLACK WATCHER<br /> - PETER RUFF<br /> - THE BLACK BOX<br /> + THE PROFITEERS<br > + THE DEVIL'S PAW<br > + JACOB'S LADDER<br > + THE GREAT IMPERSONATION<br > + THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. JOCELYN THEW<br > + THE HON. ALGERNON KNOX, DETECTIVE<br > + AARON RODD, DIVINER<br > + AMBROSE LAVENDALE, DIPLOMAT<br > + THE WICKED MARQUIS<br > + MR. LESSINGHAM GOES HOME<br > + THE OTHER ROMILLY<br > + THE DOUBLE TRAITOR<br > + THE PAWNS COUNT<br > + THE MISCHIEF MAKER<br > + THE ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE<br > + THE PLUNDERERS<br > + THE TEMPTATION OF TAVERNAKE<br > + HAVOC<br > + THE FALLING STAR<br > + THE LIGHTED WAY<br > + THE BLACK WATCHER<br > + PETER RUFF<br > + THE BLACK BOX<br > </p> <p class="t3"> - <i>HODDER & STOUGHTON, LTD.</i><br /> - <i>Publishers, London, E.C.4</i><br /> + <i>HODDER & STOUGHTON, LTD.</i><br > + <i>Publishers, London, E.C.4</i><br > </p> -<p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> - <div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 55760 ***</div> </body> </html> + |