The Day of Days - An Extravaganza by Louis Joseph Vance
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"You've been cunning, you have; but I've found you out at last....
_Per_-ce-val!" Over the cheeks of P. Sybarite crept a delicate tint of pink. His eyes wavered and fell. He looked, and was, acutely unhappy. "You're a sly one, you are," George gloated--"always signin' your name 'P. Sybarite' and pretendin' your maiden monaker was 'Peter'! But now we know you! Take off them whiskers--Perceval!" A really wise mind-reader would have called a policeman, then and there; for mayhem was the least of the crimes contemplated by P. Sybarite. But restraining himself, he did nothing more than disentangle his legs, slip down from the tall stool, and approach Mr. Bross with an outstretched hand. "If that letter's for me," he said quietly, "give it here, please." "Special d'liv'ry--just come," announced George, holding the letter high, out of easy reach, while he read in exultant accents the traitorous address: "'Perceval Sybarite, Esquire, Care of Messrs. Whigham and Wimper'! O you Perceval--Esquire!" "Give me my letter," P. Sybarite insisted without raising his voice. "Gawd knows _I_ don't want it," protested George. "I got no truck with your swell friends what know your real name and write to you on per-_fumed_ paper with monograms and everything." He held the envelope close to his nose and sniffed in ecstasy until it |
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