The Bravo of London

Excerpt: A tolerably hard nut to crack, of course, said the self-possessed young man with the very agreeable smile—an accomplishment which he did not trouble to exercise on his associate in this case, since they knew one another pretty well and were strictly talking business; or you wouldn't be so dead keen about me, Joolby. Oh, I don't know; I don't know, Nickle, replied the other with equal coo...