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As Sir Basil looked about him his lips twitched curiously, and an angry frown deepened the line between his eyebrows. This suggestion of the Far East did not appeal to him. Since returning to England, and, incidentally, succeeding to certain properties, which carried with them no uncertain position in the social world, he had no wish to be reminded of wild days spent among the wilder heathen. He was not a particularly pleasant looking man, his narrow cold blue eyes and heavy jaw being such as to render him, on occasion, almost repellent; and just then this suggestion of the Orient threw him in a mood by no means amiable. However, he was given but slight opportunity to indulge in murmurings or complaints, for presently the door by which he had entered was quietly opened, so quietly, indeed, that he gave a sudden start as he turned round, and a woman entered, a strange, almost timid look on her face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
