The Unspeakable Gentleman

The Unspeakable Gentleman is an adventure novel written by Pulitzer Prize winning author and American writer John Phillips Marquand, who was best known for his Moto Spy stories and satirical works.

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It was my Uncle Jason who was with me when I learned of my father's return to America. I still remember the look of sympathetic concern on his broad, good-natured face, as I read my father's letter. There was anxiety written there as he watched me, for my uncle was a kindly, thoughtful man. For the moment he seemed to have quite forgotten the affairs of his counting house, and the inventory of goods from France, which a clerk had placed before him. Of late he had taken in me an unaccustomed interest, in no wise allayed by the letter I was holding.