Mr. Prohack

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Arnold Bennett. Mr. Prohack

Mr. Prohack

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

THE NEW POOR

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IV

CHAPTER II

FROM THE DEAD

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II

III

IV

CHAPTER III

THE LAW

III

IV

CHAPTER IV

EVE'S HEADACHE

I

II

III

CHAPTER V

CHARLIE

I

II

III

CHAPTER VI

SISSIE

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II

III

IV

CHAPTER VII

THE SYMPATHETIC QUACK

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II

III

CHAPTER VIII

SISSIE'S BUSINESS

I

II

III

CHAPTER IX

COLLISION

I

II

III

IV

CHAPTER X

THE THEORY OF IDLENESS

I

II

III

IV

CHAPTER XI

NEURASTHENIA CURED

I

II

CHAPTER XII

THE PRACTICE OF IDLENESS

I

III

CHAPTER XIII

FURTHER IDLENESS

I

II

III

CHAPTER XIV

END OF AN IDLE DAY

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II

III

IV

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VI

CHAPTER XV

THE HEAVY FATHER

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II

III

IV

V

VI

CHAPTER XVI

TRANSFER OF MIMI

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II

III

IV

CHAPTER XVII

ROMANCE

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II

III

IV

V

CHAPTER XVIII

A HOMELESS NIGHT

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II

III

IV

CHAPTER XIX

THE RECEPTION

CHAPTER XX

THE SILENT TOWER

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

CHAPTER XXI

EVE'S MARTYRDOM

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II

III

IV

CHAPTER XXII

MR. PROHACK'S TRIUMPH

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II

III

IV

V

VI

CHAPTER XXIII

THE YACHT

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III

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Arnold Bennett

Published by Good Press, 2019

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"It is rather strange," Mr. Bishop compassionately admitted.

A silence fell—respectful to the memory of the dead. The members' coffee-room seemed to Mr. Prohack to be a thousand miles off, and the chat with his cronies at the table in the window-embrasure to have happened a thousand years ago. His brain was in anarchy, and waving like a flag above the anarchy was the question: "How much did old Silas leave?" But the deceitful fellow would not permit the question to utter itself—he had dominion over himself at any rate to that extent. He would not break the silence; he would hide his intense curiosity; he would force Softly Bishop to divulge the supreme fact upon his own initiative.

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