Pertwee, Roland

The story revolves around the life of a wealthy businessman, John Brent, who is known for his love of collecting antique playing cards. The protagonist is a man of great wealth, but he is also a man of great loneliness, having lost his wife and children in a tragic accident. One day, John Brent comes across a rare and valuable card that he has been searching for his entire life. The card is in the possession of a young woman named Betty Fairfax, who is unaware of its value. John Brent sees an opportunity to acquire the card and begins to court Betty, hoping to win her heart and the card. As the story progresses, John Brent becomes increasingly obsessed with the card and his desire to possess it. He begins to neglect his business and his health, and his relationships with those around him suffer. Meanwhile, Betty begins to see through John's fade and realizes that he is only interested in her for the card. The Old Card is a cautionary tale about the dangers of obsession and the importance Развернуть

In some cases heredity ignores personalities, and this, in the instance of Wynne Rendall, was hardly difficult of achievement. From his mother he took nothing, nu less it were a measure of her fragility, which was per haps the only circumstance about her to justify atten tion. The characteristics that he did not bring into the world with himself he inherited from his grandfather, via his own sire.

В некоторых случаях наследственность игнорирует личность, и в случае с Уинном Рендаллом добиться этого было нелегко. От своей матери он ничего не взял, по крайней мере, это было мерой ее хрупкости, которая была, пожалуй, единственным обстоятельством в ней, заслуживающим внимания. Характеристики, которые он не принес с собой в м Развернуть