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PETER THE GREAT IBD

JACOB ABBOTT
1ST WORLD LIBRARY - LITERARY S
12 / 2007
9781421897523
Inglés

Sinopsis

Oskar Hedin, head of the fur department of old John McNabb?s big store, looked up from his scrutiny of the Russian sable coat spread upon a table before him, and encountered the twinkling eyes of old John himself. 'It?s a shame to keep this coat here-and that natural black fox piece, too. Who is there in Terrace City that?s got thirty thousand dollars to spend for a fur coat, or twenty thousand for a fox fur?' Old John grinned. 'Mrs. Orcutt bought one, didn?t she?' 'Yes, but she bought it down in New York-' 'An? paid thirty-five thousand for a coat that runs half a dozen shades lighter, an? is topped an? pointed to bring it up to the best it?s got. Did I ever tell ye the story of Mrs. Orcutt?s coat?' 'No.' 'It goes back quite a ways-the left-handed love me an? Fred Orcutt has for one another.