Paid Out (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ J Percival Bessell

Excerpt from Paid Out Mr. Henry Murstock put down the letter he had been reading and sat back in his office chair. Then he swore softly, beneath his breath. Not that he was troubled with any conscientious scruples concerning swearing, but it was the man's inherent nature to conceal his feelings, and his clerk was in the adjoining room and might easily have overheard anything in the nature of an angry explosion. Mr. Murstock was never known to explode. Indeed, amongst his numerous acquaintances he was regarded as one of the most imperturbable fellows going, whom nothing appeared to excite, either pleasurably or otherwise. Laconic of speech, subdued in manner, with an inscrutable air of mystery about him, he remained something of an enigma even to those who claimed to know him best. 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.