{"product_id":"the-ghost-by-arnold-bennett-fiction-literary-9781603120036","title":"The Ghost by Arnold Bennett, Fiction, Literary","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arnold Bennett\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lord Clarenceux had met her then,\" said Sir Cyril, speaking of Rosetta Rosa, the opera's soprano with the golden throat.\u003c\/strong\u003e I was drawn to the woman, and listened eagerly. \"She merely said she would think it over. She wouldn't sign a contract. After a week's negotiation, I was compelled to own myself beaten. Nothing happened for a time. She sang in Paris and America, and took her proper place as the first soprano in the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, I spoke to her myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He is dead now,\" she told me. \"You have heard -- everyone knows -- that I was once engaged to Lord Clarenceux. He was a friend. He loved me -- he died --\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lord Clarenceux must have been a great man,\" I said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That is exactly what he was. I wish I could describe him to you, but I cannot. He was immensely rich . . . he fell in love with me, and offered me his hand. I declined -- I was afraid of him. He said he would shoot himself. And he would have done it; so I accepted. I should have ended by loving him. Lord Clarenceux died. And I am alone. I was terribly lonely after his death. I missed his jealousy . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aegypan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411751886999,"sku":"9781603120036","price":1072.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781603120036.webp?v=1767444302","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-ghost-by-arnold-bennett-fiction-literary-9781603120036","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}