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C. N. Williamson. The Powers and Maxine
The Powers and Maxine
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LISA DRUMMOND'S PART
The Powers and Maxine
CHAPTER I
LISA'S KNIGHT AND LISA'S SISTER
CHAPTER II
LISA LISTENS
CHAPTER III
LISA MAKES MISCHIEF
IVOR DUNDAS' POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER IV
IVOR TRAVELS TO PARIS
"Look at me," she said, throwing back her arms
CHAPTER V
IVOR DOES WHAT HE CAN FOR MAXINE
CHAPTER VI
IVOR HEARS THE STORY
CHAPTER VII
IVOR IS LATE FOR AN APPOINTMENT
MAXINE DE RENZIE'S PART
CHAPTER VIII
MAXINE ACTS ON THE STAGE AND OFF
CHAPTER IX
MAXINE GIVES BACK THE DIAMONDS
"This holds something precious," I said. CHAPTER X
MAXINE DRIVES WITH THE ENEMY
CHAPTER XI
MAXINE OPENS THE GATE FOR A MAN
IVOR DUNDAS' PART
CHAPTER XII
IVOR GOES INTO THE DARK
CHAPTER XIII
IVOR FINDS SOMETHING IN THE DARK
DIANA FORREST'S PART
CHAPTER XIV
DIANA TAKES A MIDNIGHT DRIVE
CHAPTER XV
DIANA HEARS NEWS
CHAPTER XVI
DIANA UNDERTAKES A STRANGE ERRAND
MAXINE DE RENZIE'S PART
CHAPTER XVII
MAXINE MAKES A BARGAIN
CHAPTER XVIII
MAXINE MEETS DIANA
CHAPTER XIX
MAXINE PLAYS THE LAST HAND OF THE GAME
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C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"It hasn't been announced yet, but I thought as an old friend you might have been told. I believe Mademoiselle wants to surprise everybody when the right time comes—if the poor girl isn't ruined irretrievably in this affair of ours."
"Is there really serious danger of that?" "The most serious. If you can't save her, not only will the Entente Cordiale be shaken to its foundations (and I say nothing of my own reputation, which is at stake), but her future happiness will be broken in the crash, and—she says—she will not live to suffer the agony of her loss. She will kill herself if disaster comes; and though suicide is usually the last resource of a coward, Mademoiselle de Renzie is no coward, and I'm inclined to think I should come to the same resolve in her place."
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