At the Villa Rose Contributor(s): Mason, A. E. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1546902791 ISBN-13: 9781546902799 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.11 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.62 lbs) 204 pages |
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Publisher Description: It was Mr. Ricardo's habit as soon as the second week of August came round to travel to Aix-les-Bains, in Savoy, where for five or six weeks he lived pleasantly. He pretended to take the waters in the morning, he went for a ride in his motor-car in the afternoon, he dined at the Cercle in the evening, and spent an hour or two afterwards in the baccarat-rooms at the Villa des Fleurs. An enviable, smooth life without a doubt, and it is certain that his acquaintances envied him. At the same time, however, they laughed at him and, alas with some justice; for he was an exaggerated person. He was to be construed in the comparative. Everything in his life was a trifle overdone, from the fastidious arrangement of his neckties to the feminine nicety of his little dinner-parties. In age Mr. Ricardo was approaching the fifties; in condition he was a widower-a state greatly to his liking, for he avoided at once the irksomeness of marriage and the reproaches justly levelled at the bachelor; finally, he was rich, having amassed a fortune in Mincing Lane, which he had invested in profitable securities. Ten years of ease, however, had not altogether obliterated in him the business look. |