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Arthur Gask. The Jest of Life
The Jest of Life
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE SPELL OF THE ASIATIC
CHAPTER II. THE CHANGE IN THE ARCHDEACON
CHAPTER III. HE GOES TO THE RACES
CHAPTER IV. THE AWAKENING OF ST. BENGER'S
CHAPTER V. MR. TWIGGS BECOMES FRIVOLOUS
CHAPTER VI. LADY FITZ-TOOTLE'S RECEPTION
CHAPTER VII. A GREAT DOCTOR
CHAPTER VIII. A GREATER ONE STILL
CHAPTER IX "WINKING THE NAUGHTY EYE."
CHAPTER X. THE AFTERMATH
CHAPTER XI. THE PIT OF SHAME
CHAPTER XII. A COURTESAN OF THE KNIFE
CHAPTER XIII. THE RETURN OF THE ASIATIC
CHAPTER XIV. THE RESURRECTION OF HENRY MUFFINS
CHAPTER XV "GINX'S BABY."
CHAPTER XVI. MORE BABIES
THE END
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Arthur Gask
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The dentist smiled bitterly. "That's all very well, sir, and I'm sure it's very kind of you to say so. It's certainly quite nice to know that things are going to be O.K. with me at some future time, but what about just now? That's what troubles me." His voice rose emphatically. "What about this week, sir, next week and the week after? What about this world here? On Wednesday they will be coming for the rent and it'll be 'out you go' if I've not got the needful ready. Understand?"
The stranger regarded him searchingly. "Then you have troubles," he said very gravely, "and the yoke of this world galls upon your neck?"
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