Wanted: One Scoundrel by Jenny Schwartz

Author:Jenny Schwartz
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2011-10-04T22:00:00+00:00

“So you’re the hero of the hour?” Nicholas Bambury drawled. “Rescuing a Hindoo from the river. Quite an achievement.” His tone disparaged it.

The wood-paneled, leather-furnished, understated luxury of the men’s club fit Bambury like a tailored backdrop. Here, he was the undeniable leader, handsome, athletic, a son of the aristocracy.

Jed shrugged. “I felt like a swim.”

The comment won a few laughs and the tension Bambury had been building dissipated. Men turned back to a discussion of horses and, by degrees, of newer forms of transport.

An elderly gentleman was loudly in favor of automobiles. Although he wanted them powered by steam. Younger men decried such adherence to old-fashioned notions. Steam was all very well, indeed, they wanted tracks laid for steam locomotives to power across the country, joining the west and eastern coasts.

“But gasoline is the future.”

“The smell?” Jed queried mildly.

Questions of smell were brushed aside as nothing compared to horse dung on a hot summer’s day.

As in the Smiths’ drawing room, a miniature railway circled the room, but nothing moved on it.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.