{"product_id":"2940013867529","title":"The Blonde Lady","description":"An hour later, the desk was brought to the little house on the Viroflay Road where the professor lived. He called his daughter:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is for you, Suzanne; that is, if you like it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne was a pretty creature, of a demonstrative temperament and easily pleased. She threw her arms round her father's neck and kissed him as rapturously as though he had made her a present fit for a queen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat evening, assisted by Hortense the maid, she carried up the desk to her room, cleaned out the drawers and neatly put away her papers, her stationery, her correspondence, her picture postcards and a few secret souvenirs of her cousin Philippe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM. Gerbois went to the college at half-past seven the next morning. At ten o'clock Suzanne, according to her daily custom, went to meet him at the exit; and it was a great pleasure to him to see her graceful, smiling figure waiting on the pavement opposite the gate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey walked home together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And how do you like the desk?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, it's lovely! Hortense and I have polished up the brass handles till they shine like gold.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So you're pleased with it?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I should think so! I don't know how I did without it all this time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey walked up the front garden. The professor said:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Let's go and look at it before lunch.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, that's a good idea.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe went up the stairs first, but, on reaching the door of her room, she gave a cry of dismay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's the matter?\" exclaimed M. Gerbois.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe followed her into the room. The writing-desk was gone.","brand":"Del Williams Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079801356528,"sku":"2940013867529","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013867529_p0.jpg?v=1763596402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013867529","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}