Venus in Boston

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George Thompson. Venus in Boston

Venus in Boston

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

The blind Basket-maker and his family

CHAPTER II

Innocence in the Grip of Lust

CHAPTER III

The Rescue

CHAPTER IV

A night in Ann street

JEW MIKE'S STORY

SONG OF THE JOLLY THIEF

CHAPTER V

The Chevalier and the Duchess

CHAPTER VI

The Stolen Package.—The Midnight Outrage.—The Marriage, and Awful Discovery

CHAPTER VII

Showing the operations of Jew Mike and his coadjutors.—The necessity of young ladies looking beneath their beds, before retiring to rest

CHAPTER VIII

The Chambers of Love.—Conclusion

CONCLUSION

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George Thompson

A Romance of City Life

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"No, no, my pretty bird, you cannot escape from your cage so easily; and why should you wish to? Your cage shall have golden wires, and you shall be fed on delicacies, my little flutterer—so smooth the feathers of your bright wings, my dear, and sing your sweetest notes!"

"Pray, good sir, let me go home to my poor grandfather and my little brother—they will be expecting me, and will feel worried at my absence. Surely, sir, you will not have the heart to harm me—I am but a poor fruit girl, without father or mother. Pray let me go, sir."

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