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A. E. W. Mason. Running Water
Running Water
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I SHOWS MRS. THESIGER IN HER HOME. II INTRODUCES ONE OF STROOD'S SUCCESSORS. III THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY. IV MR. JARVICE. V MICHEL REVAILLOUD EXPOUNDS HIS PHILOSOPHY. VI THE PAVILLON DE LOGNAN. VII THE AIGUILLE D'ARGENTIÈRE. VIII SYLVIA PARTS FROM HER MOTHER. IX SYLVIA MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF HER FATHER. X A LITTLE ROUND GAME OF CARDS. XI SYLVIA'S FATHER MAKES A MISTAKE. XII THE HOUSE OF THE RUNNING WATER. XIII CHAYNE RETURNS. XIV AN OLD PASSION BETRAYS A NEW SECRET. XV KENYON'S JOHN LATTERY. XVI AS BETWEEN GENTLEMEN. XVII SYLVIA TELLS MORE THAN SHE KNOWS. XVIII BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION. XIX THE SHADOW IN THE ROOM. XX ON THE DOWN. XXI CHAYNE COMES TO CONCLUSIONS. XXII REVAILLOUD REVISITED. XXIII MICHEL REVAILLOUD'S FÜHRBUCH. XXIV THE BRENVA RIDGE. XXV A NIGHT ON AN ICE-SLOPE. XXVI RUNNING WATER. CHAPTER I
SHOWS MRS. THESIGER IN HER HOME
CHAPTER II
INTRODUCES ONE OF STROOD'S SUCCESSORS
CHAPTER III
THE FINDING OF JOHN LATTERY
CHAPTER IV
MR. JARVICE
CHAPTER V
MICHEL REVAILLOUD EXPOUNDS HIS PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER VI
THE PAVILLON DE LOGNAN
CHAPTER VII
THE AIGUILLE D'ARGENTIÈRE
CHAPTER VIII
SYLVIA PARTS FROM HER MOTHER
CHAPTER IX
SYLVIA MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF HER FATHER
CHAPTER X
A LITTLE ROUND GAME OF CARDS
CHAPTER XI
SYLVIA'S FATHER MAKES A MISTAKE
CHAPTER XII
THE HOUSE OF THE RUNNING WATER
CHAPTER XIII
CHAYNE RETURNS
CHAPTER XIV
AN OLD PASSION BETRAYS A NEW SECRET
CHAPTER XV
KENYON'S JOHN LATTERY
CHAPTER XVI
AS BETWEEN GENTLEMEN
CHAPTER XVII
SYLVIA TELLS MORE THAN SHE KNOWS
CHAPTER XVIII
BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION
CHAPTER XIX
THE SHADOW IN THE ROOM
CHAPTER XX
ON THE DOWN
CHAPTER XXI
CHAYNE COMES TO CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER XXII
REVAILLOUD REVISITED
CHAPTER XXIII
MICHEL REVAILLOUD'S FÜHRBUCH
CHAPTER XXIV
THE BRENVA RIDGE
CHAPTER XXV
A NIGHT ON AN ICE-SLOPE
CHAPTER XXVI
RUNNING WATER
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A. E. W. Mason
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Chayne agreed reluctantly. He would have liked to push on if only to lull thought by the monotony of their march. Moreover during these last two hours, some faint rushlight of hope had been kindled in his mind which made all delay irksome. He himself would not believe that his friend John Lattery, with all his skill, his experience, had slipped from his ice-steps like any tyro; Michel, on the other hand, would not believe that he had fallen from the upper rocks of the Blaitière on the far side of the Col. From these two disbeliefs his hope had sprung. It was possible that either Lattery or his guide lay disabled, but alive and tended, as well as might be, by his companion on some insecure ledge of that rock-cliff. A falling stone, a slip checked by the rope might have left either hurt but still living. It was true that for two nights and a day the two men must have already hung upon their ledge, that a third night was to follow. Still such endurance had been known in the annals of the Alps, and Lattery was a hard strong man.
A girl came from the chalet and told him that his dinner was ready. Chayne forced himself to eat and stepped out again on to the platform. A door opened and closed behind him. Michel Revailloud came from the guides' quarters at the end of the chalet and stood beside him in the darkness, saying nothing since sympathy taught him to be silent, and when he moved moving with great gentleness.
