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Arthur John Arbuthnott Stringer. The Loom of Destiny
The Loom of Destiny
Table of Contents
Premonitions
PREMONITIONS
The Undoing of Dinney Crockett
THE UNDOING OF DINNEY. CROCKETT
The Fly in the Ointment
THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT
The Iron Age
THE IRON AGE
The King who lost his Crown
THE KING WHO LOST HIS. CROWN
Life's Loaded Die
LIFE'S LOADED DIE
The Crucible of Character
THE CRUCIBLE OF CHARACTER
The Essentials of Aristocracy
THE ESSENTIALS OF. ARISTOCRACY
The Honour of the House of Hummerley
THE HONOUR OF THE HOUSE. OF HUMMERLEY
Thicker than Water
THICKER THAN WATER
Instruments of Eros
INSTRUMENTS OF EROS
An Essay in Equality
AN ESSAY IN EQUALITY
The Heart's Desire
THE HEART'S DESIRE
Not in Utter Nakedness
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Arthur John Arbuthnott Stringer
Published by Good Press, 2020
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He overflowed the bath tub, spotted the woodwork with soap suds, unscrewed one of the taps for investigative purposes, and had a most delightful time of it.
When a big, clean-shaven, stately-looking man in a bottle green suit with brass buttons stepped in, Dinney's heart jumped into his mouth, as he thought for a moment that it was a policeman. It was only the butler with a new suit of clothes for him. Dinney eyed them with some curiosity, for it was his first acquisition of such a character. He ordered the butler to put them down on the towel rack, and did it in a tone of authority which the butler somewhat resented. Dinney's heart sank, however, when the man with the brass buttons, "at master's orders," carried away his ragged but beloved old suit, to be incinerated down in the furnace room. Before carrying out those orders, the butler viewed Dinney's tattered raiment with unconcealed disgust. He approached the bundle suspiciously, and carried it at arm's length, significantly holding his nose as he departed.
