A Prince of Sinners E. Phillips Oppenheim BOOK 2 CHAPTER 1 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | A Prince of Sinners E. Phillips Oppenheim BOOK 2 CHAPTER 1 LORD ARRANMORE S AMUSEMENTS The domestic virtues Lord Arranmore said softly to himself being denied to me the question remains how to pass one s time. He rose wearily from his seat and walking to the window looked out upon St. James s Square. A soft rain hung about the lamp-posts the pavements were thick with umbrellas. He returned to his chair with a shrug of the shoulders. The only elucidation from outside seems to be a change of climate he mused. I should prefer to think of something more original. In the meantime I will write to that misguided young man in Medchester. He drew paper and pen towards him and began to write. Even his handwriting seemed a part of the man--cold shapely and deliberate. My DEAR BROOKS I have been made acquainted through Mr. Ascough with your desire to leave the new firm of Morrison and Brooks and while I congratulate you very much upon the fact itself I regret equally the course of reasoning which I presume led to your decision. You will probably have heard from Mr. Ascough by this time on a matter of business. You are by birth Lord Kingston of Ross and the possessor of the Kingston income which amounts to a little over two thousand a year. Please remember that this comes to you not through any grace or favour of mine but by your own unalienable right as the eldest son of the Marquis of Arranmore. I cannot give it to you. I cannot withhold it from you. If you refuse to take it the amount must accumulate for your heirs or in due time find its way to the Crown. Leave the tithe alone by all means if you like but do not carry quixotism to the borders of insanity by declining to spend your own money and thereby cramp your life. I trust to hear from Mr. Ascough of your more reasonable frame of mind and while personally I agree with you that we are better apart you can always rely upon me if I can be of any service to you. Yours sincerely ARRANMORE. He read the letter through .
