The Black Box

The Black Box By Edward Phillips Oppenheim "Munich? Paris?" Ella put in breathlessly. "All wrong," Lord Ashleigh declared. "New York!" There was a momentary silence. Ella's eyes were sparkling. Her mother's face had fallen. "New York!" Ella murmured. "There is wonderful music there, and Mr. Delarey knows it so well." Lord Ashleigh nodded portentously. "I have not finished yet. Mr. Delarey wound up his letter by promising to cable me his final decision in the course of a few days. This cablegram," he went on, drawing a little slip of blue paper from his pocket, "was brought to me this morning whilst I was shaving. I found it a most inconvenient time, as the lather--" "Oh, bother the lather, father!" Ella exclaimed. "Read the cablegram, or let me." Her father smoothed it out before him and read-- "To Lord Ashleigh, Hamblin House, Dorset, England. "I find a magnificent programme arranged for at Metropolitan Opera House this year. Have taken box for your daughter, engaged the best professor in the world, and We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.