E. Phillips Oppenheim

Name: The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

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“The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon”, published in 1908, is a work by E. Phillips Oppenheim. It explores elements such as Mannister, Hambledon and husband.

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ I am fit for nothing but the scrap-heap. If you have anything planned in your mind against me, Mannister, go on with it, go on with it quickly. You may try your hardest, but I doubt whether you can do me any further evil.
Mannister sipped his wine thoughtfully. His eyes lingered upon the man who sat on the other side of the table; there was no sympathy in his face, only a great contempt.
"Your temperament is too elastic, Hambledon," he said drily. "If the fear of me were removed from you to-night, you would blossom out to-morrow a new man. I am not disposed to let you off so cheaply." ”

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ He smiled.
"The dinner," he said, "is a certainly. To tell you the truth I am indebted to you for coming. Have you ever known what it is to be lonely?"
"I have been lonely for so many years," she said, "that I shall never be lonely any more. It is past."
Mannister thought over her words as he sipped his wine.
"You are a young woman still," he said.
"I am forty-two," she answered, "and there is not a person in the world who cares two pins whether I live or die. The woman of forty-two who is loved has life before her, and all the happiness that life can hold. ”

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ Of course you know that there are only Fred Hambledon and myself left. Now if I am going to be dealt with after the manner of Jacobs, that is to say put in my proper place in the world, let me hear your idea as to what that may be."
He smiled.
"Forewarned is forearmed," he said. "Why should I give myself away?"
She pushed up her veil so that her face was exposed.
"Look at me," she said, and he obeyed. "What do you see?" she asked. "Be truthful!"
"I see," he said, "the face of a woman who has known many things and suffered many things, and who is a little tired of them all." ”

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ In all his life there remained no other purpose, he could think of no pleasure which would cause his pulses to thrill, no task which might make his heart beat the lighter.
And he was lonely! Somehow the sight of the empty table at which he sat struck a chill in his heart. It was his own hand which had thrust to their doom these quondam companions of his, and there was not one of them whom for a moment he regretted. And yet he found his solitude distasteful, typical of his life itself. He was impatient with the weakness which made even the faintest sense of loneliness possible. ”

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ Nevertheless Mannister felt that she was only the wreck of some other woman whose identity might well be lost.
"Mrs. Hambledon," Mannister said, "I have known your husband for a great many years. Lately I have made some inquiries concerning his habits and the manner of his life. It is because I am convinced that he is not behaving fairly to you and to his family that I have determined to intervene. I have some influence over your husband—we will call it influence, at any rate. May I ask if you know what his income is?" ”

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ The woman covered her face with her handkerchief and sobbed. Mannister laid his hand gently upon her shoulder.
"We are going to have all this changed," he said. "You must not worry. Life is made up of disappointments, you know. I dare say there are many worse in the world than your husband." ”

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ A rare gleam of humour flashed in Mannister's eyes.
"I am a philanthropist," he declared. "I start out with terribly evil intentions, and in the end I simply induce people to revert to their normal state. Jacobs as a stockbroker and a man about town was a wretched poseur. As a partner in a retail clothing establishment, and husband to Miss Goldberg, he is in the position for which Providence intended him." ”

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E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Long Arm of Mannister — VIII. The Making of Hambledon (1908)

“ Your wife knows everything, Hambledon. She will forgive you on certain conditions. Three parts of your income is to be spent in maintaining a proper establishment for her and your children. This flat you do not enter again. Your spare time, whatever it is, with reasonable exceptions, is to be given to fulfilling your duties as a husband and a father. ”

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