The Fascinating Mr Vanderveldt Author:Alfred Sutro Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Mary comes from door's.. u. E., and announces "Colonel Rayner," who follows her ; she goes. The Colonel is a soldierly, well-set-up and well-groomed man of forty... more »-five, with a handsome, bronzed face. Miss Felling rises, standing by fire-place R. Aggie. (jumping up) Ah, Colonel, how do you do ? Lady Clarice is upstairs, with her mother. Let me introduce you to Miss Felling. (moves down L.) Miss Felling. (below settee R.) I fancy Colonel Rayner and I have met before. Colonel. (puzzled) I've been out of England so long Miss Felling. I am now Lady Hendingby's companion. But I used to be Sir Richard Felling's daughter. Colonel. (with genuine sympathy) WhatI Dear old Dick Felling's daughter a companion I Oh, I'm ' sorry I (aggie sits in chair below writing table L.) Miss Felling. (quietly to Aggie) You see ? Colonel. (to Miss Felling) I was very fond of your father. If I could in any way Miss Felling. (with, for the first time, a gentle note in her voice) Thank" you, Colon el. Should you meet a thousand a year doing nothing, you might send it along; You've, been iff-Africa, haven't you ? Colonel. (sitting- in chair c.) Yes—conducting unfashionable little wars, that no, one ever hears of. -.Miss Felling. What they call punitive expeditions? (sits on settee R.) Colonel. (nodding) That's it I Nothing to be got from them, except enteric. I've had that twice I Miss Felling. You've been a colonel a long time, haven't you ? Why aren't you a general ? Colonel. I've given up asking conundrums, Miss Felling. There's a machine they call the War Office Aggie. (suddenly bursting out laughing and clapping her hands) Oh, you are lovely, you two I chapter{Section 4The Colonel and Miss Felling turn and look wonderingly at her. Miss Felling. (drily) I'm glad y...« less