{"product_id":"2940013697515","title":"The Devil Stone","description":"It was in the dusky, tepid twilight of a particularly hot, vaporous,\u003cbr\u003edrowsy day at Aix-les-bains, in Savoy, that I passed through the hotel\u003cbr\u003egarden, and prepared to take a languid stroll through the streets of\u003cbr\u003ethe little town. I was tired of having nothing to do and no one to\u003cbr\u003etalk to; the other people staying at the Hotel de l'Europe were mostly\u003cbr\u003eforeigners, and, apart from that, entirely uninteresting; and as to my\u003cbr\u003efather, he was almost a nonentity to me at present, till his \"course\"\u003cbr\u003ewas completed. From early morn to dewy eve he was immersed in the\u003cbr\u003ewaters, either outwardly or inwardly, or both; and beyond occasional\u003cbr\u003eglimpses of him, arrayed in a costume resembling that of an Arab\u003cbr\u003esheikh, being conveyed in pomp and a sedan chair to or from the baths,\u003cbr\u003eI was, figuratively speaking, an orphan until table d' hôte.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs I crossed the verandah some one rose from a long chair, and,\u003cbr\u003ethrowing his book down, said, \"Where are you going, Miss Durant? May I\u003cbr\u003ecome too?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you like,\" I answered, politely but indifferently; \"I am only\u003cbr\u003egoing to look for spoons.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For--?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spoons. I am collecting, you know; it is something to do--and one can\u003cbr\u003ealways give them away when one is tired of them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo we sauntered along, side by side; and as we did so I began to feel\u003cbr\u003eless bored, and more reconciled to the trouble of existence, and\u003cbr\u003efinally amused and interested and flattered.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152655663344,"sku":"2940013697515","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013697515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}