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THE SHADOW OF A MAN. $1.25.
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES. A NOVEL. $1.25.
SOME PERSONS UNKNOWN. $1.25.
YOUNG BLOOD. $1.25.
MY LORD DUKE. $1.25.
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_A NOVEL_
BY E. W. HORNUNG
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK::::::::::::::::: 1902
COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
_All rights reserved_
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, 1902
TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK
CONTENTS
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I. A Nucleus of Fortune 1
II. Sundown 11
III. After Four Years 20
IV. How Dick Came Home 28
V. The First Evening at Graysbrooke 41
VI. Sisyphus 53
VII. South Kensington 64
VIII. The Admirable Miles 72
IX. A Dancing Lesson and its Consequences 86
X. An Old Friend and an Old Memory 98
XI. Dressing, Dancing, Looking on 109
XII. "To-Morrow, and To-Morrow, and To-Morrow" 123
XIII. In Bushey Park 132
XIV. Quits 152
XV. The Morning After 163
XVI. Military Manoeuvres 174
XVII. "Miles's Beggars" 185
XVIII. Alice Speaks for Herself 196
XIX. Conterminous Courses 206
XX. Strange Humility 216
XXI. An Altered Man 227
XXII. Extremities 234
XXIII. The Effect of a Photograph 244
XXIV. The Effect of a Song 256
XXV. Melmerbridge Church 271
XXVI. At Bay 286
XXVII. The Fatal Tress 296
XXVIII. The Effort 307
XXIX. Elizabeth Ryan 313
XXX. Sweet Revenge 325
XXXI. The Charity of Silence 333
XXXII. Suspense: Reaction 343
XXXIII. How Dick Said Good-Bye 353
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