Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 / 2008-07-05 00:00:00
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THE MONEYCHANGERS
By Upton Sinclair
NEW YORK
1908
To Jack London
CHAPTER I
"I am," said Reggie Mann, "quite beside myself to meet this Lucy
Dupree."
"Who told you about her?" asked Allan Montague.
"Ollie's been telling everybody about her," said Reggie. "It sounds
really wonderful. But I fear he must have exaggerated."
"People seem to develop a tendency to exaggeration," said Montague,
"when they talk about Lucy."
"I am in quite a state about her," said Reggie.
Allan Montague looked at him and smiled. There were no visible signs
of agitation about Reggie. He had come to take Alice to church, and
he was exquisitely groomed and perfumed, and wore a wonderful
scarlet orchid in his buttonhole. Montague, lounging back in a big
leather chair and watching him, smiled to himself at the thought
that Reggie regarded Lucy as a new kind of flower, with which he
might parade down the Avenue and attract attention.
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