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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date
February 15, 2014
Pages
238
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781495964602
ISBN-10
1495964604
Dimensions
0.54 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.93 lbs.
Original list price
$12.99
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "What's the news, Uncle?" asked Miss Patricia Doyle, as she entered the cosy breakfast room of a suite of apartments in Willing Square. Even as she spoke she pecked a little kiss on the forehead of the chubby man addressed as "Uncle"ânone other, if you please, than the famous and eccentric multi-millionaire known in Wall Street as John Merrickâand sat down to pour the coffee. There was energy in her method of doing this simple duty, an indication of suppressed vitality that conveyed the idea that here was a girl accustomed to action. And she fitted well into the homely scene: short and somewhat "squatty" of form, red-haired, freckle-faced and pug-nosed. Wholesome rather than beautiful was Patsy Doyle, but if you caught a glimpse of her dancing blue eyes you straightway forgot her lesser charms. Quite different was the girl who entered the room a few minutes later. Hers was a dark olive complexion, face of exquisite contour, great brown eyes with a wealth of hair to match them and the flush of a rose in her rounded cheeks. The poise of her girlish figure was gracious and dignified as the bearing of a queen. "Morning, Cousin Beth," said Patsy cheerily. "Good morning, my dear," and then, with a trace of anxiety in her tone: "What is the news, Uncle John?" The little man had ignored Patsy's first question, but now he answered absently, his eyes still fixed upon the newspaper:
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