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Arnold Bennett. Teresa of Watling Street: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
Teresa of Watling Street: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
Table of Contents
TERESA OF WATLING STREET
CHAPTER I—THE BANK
CHAPTER II—THE CIRCUS
CHAPTER III—CHINK OF COINS
CHAPTER IV—MR. PUDDEPHATT
CHAPTER V—FIRE
CHAPTER VI—THE DESIRE FOR SILVER
CHAPTER VII—NOLAN
CHAPTER VIII—THE PEER’S ADVICE
CHAPTER IX—A VISIT
CHAPTER X—MONEY-MAKING
CHAPTER XI—END OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XII—THE NAPOLEON
CHAPTER XIII—THE VASE
CHAPTER XIV—FEATHERSTONE’S RECITAL
CHAPTER XV—ARRIVAL OF SIMON
CHAPTER XVI—THE INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XVII—THE CLOSE
THE END
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Arnold Bennett
Published by Good Press, 2021
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‘It’s Raphael Craig’s daughter, I bet,’ he said to himself, and for some reason or other smiled a satisfied smile. Then he added, half aloud, ‘But who is Juana?’
He went back to see the rest of the performance, and he had scarcely sat down before he had cause to wish that he had remained outside. The famous strawberry-roan mare, formerly ridden by Juana, was making a second appearance as the talking horse, in charge of the young man who had shone before in Indian costume, but who now wore the dress of a riding-master. An attendant was walking along the front benches with a bundle of numbered cards. He offered one to Richard, and Richard thoughtlessly accepted the offer. From that moment the eyes of the entire assemblage were upon him.
