The Door That Has No Key (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Door That Has No Key"You must guard against being too infernally honest, my dear lad. An honest man in these days is like a bull in a china shop."The boy raised his long muscular body on to his elbow. The light from a reading lamp fell full upon his face. It was not a handsome face, but was strong and clean-cut, with square, determined jaws, and a large sensitive mouth. It was a very English face with a fair skin burnt by the sun. The large grey eyes were turned with a sort of puzzled astonishment upon the well-groomed, well-exercised, somewhat complacent man who stood with wideapart legs in front of the Jacobean fireplace."You are joking, father, " said the boy.And then another voice joined in and Lady Emily Scorrier bent forward with a touch of eagerness. "No, he's not, Jack, " she said. "Believe me, this honesty of yours is something against which you must guard. It's ... what shall I say? It's uncomfortable ... it's disturbing. It's often made even me very nearly avoid you, I - avoid you, darling boy. Only think of such a thing!"About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.