Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London


"No, no; listen," she rushed over Graham's attempt to interrupt. "I
want to tell you more. There is a secret staircase that goes up from
the library to Dick's work room. Only he and I use it, and his
secretaries. When you arrive at the head of it, you are right in his
room, surrounded by shelves of books. I have just come from there. I
was going in to see him when I heard voices. Of course it was ranch
business, I thought, and they would soon be gone. So I waited. It
_was_ ranch business, but it was so interesting, so, what Hancock
would call, illuminating, that I remained and eavesdropped. It was
illuminating of Dick, I mean.

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