Louis Tracy (1863-1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century.

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"[...] “Do I understand that you are speaking of Captain Devar, of Horton’s Horse?” she said, aloof as an iceberg. “Yes,” said he coolly, though regretting the lapse. He had stupidly brought about an awkward incident, and must remember in future not to address either lady as an equal. “I was not aware that my son was on familiar terms with the chauffeur fraternity.” “Sorry, but the name slipped out unawares. Captain Devar is, or used to be, very easy-going in his ways,[...]".

Louis Tracy was a prolific British writer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he's best known for adventure stories.

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"O, là, là! See, then, the best of good luck for each one of us this year!" Although Mère Pitou's rotund body, like Falstaff's, was fat and scant o' breath, and the Pilgrims' Way was steep and rocky, some reserve of energy enabled her to clap her hands and scream the tidings of high fortune when the notes of a deep-toned bell pealed from an alp still hidden among the trees. Three girls, fifty paces higher up the path, halted when they heard that glad cry—and, indeed, who would not give ear to such augury? "Why should the clang of a bell foretell good luck, Mother?" cried Barbe, the youngest, seventeen that September day, and a true Breton maid, with eyes like sloes, and cheeks the tint of ripe russet apples, and full red lips ever ready to smile shyly, revealing the big, white, even teeth of a peasant.

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Product Description: Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M. P. Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century...read more

"[...] At ten minutes past nine Sir Charles Dyke entered Wensley House. A handsome, quiet, gentlemanly man was Sir Charles. He was rich—a Guardsman until the baronetcy devolved upon him, a popular figure in Society, esteemed a trifle fast prior to his marriage, but sobered down by the cares of a great estate and a vast fortune. His wife and he were not well-matched in disposition. She was too earnest, too prim, for the easy-going baronet. He respected her, that was all. A man of his[...]".

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