{"product_id":"2940013414662","title":"THE PAWNS COUNT","description":"CHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMefiez-Vous!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaisez-Vous!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLes Oreilles Ennemies Vous Ecoutent!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe usual little crowd was waiting in the lobby of a fashionable London\u003cbr\u003erestaurant a few minutes before the popular luncheon hour. Pamela Van\u003cbr\u003eTeyl, a very beautiful American girl, dressed in the extreme of\u003cbr\u003efashion, which she seemed somehow to justify, directed the attention of\u003cbr\u003eher companions to the notice affixed to the wall facing them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Except,\" she declared, \"for you poor dears who have been hurt, that is\u003cbr\u003ethe first thing I have seen in England which makes me realise that you\u003cbr\u003eare at war.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe younger of her two escorts, Captain Richard Holderness, who wore\u003cbr\u003ethe uniform of a well-known cavalry regiment, glanced at the notice a\u003cbr\u003elittle impatiently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What rot it seems!\" he exclaimed. \"We get fed up with that sort of\u003cbr\u003ething in France. It's always the same at every little railway station\u003cbr\u003eand every little inn. 'Mefiez-vous! Taisez-vous!' They might spare us\u003cbr\u003eover here.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Lutchester, a tall, clean-shaven man, dressed in civilian clothes,\u003cbr\u003eraised his eyeglass and read out the notice languidly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, I don't know,\" he observed. \"Some of you Service fellows--not\u003cbr\u003ethe Regulars, of course--do gas a good deal when you come back. I don't\u003cbr\u003esuppose you any of you know anything, so it doesn't really matter,\" he\u003cbr\u003eadded, glancing at his watch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Army's full of Johnnies, who come from God knows where nowadays,\"\u003cbr\u003eHolderness assented gloomily. \"No wonder they can't keep their mouths\u003cbr\u003eshut.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seems to me you need them all,\" Miss Pamela Van Teyl remarked with a\u003cbr\u003esmile.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082831315184,"sku":"2940013414662","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013414662_p0.jpg?v=1763580572","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013414662","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}