The Man Who Would Not Die

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Arthur Leo Zagat. The Man Who Would Not Die

The Man Who Would Not Die

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II. — WICKED, WATCHING EYES

III. — THE TALISMAN OF DREAD

IV. — THIS DREADFUL HOUSE

V. — THE PYRE PREPARED

THE END

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Arthur Leo Zagat

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"No!" He flung the negative at her, swept the half-ring up from the table. "Damn it, no! When a man's dead, he is eternally dead. This was in your clothes, somewhere, in a handkerchief, in your bag. It dropped out on this table when we went out and you didn't notice it."

His hand jerked. A flash of gold streaked through the murk, clinked into the fireplace, vanished between two coals into the white heart of the fire. "That's the end of that, and we'll forget it. We'll forget him too—" He whirled, seizing her, pulling her roughly to him, devouring her lips with burning, avid kisses. "You're my wife now, my wife! He's dead and gone and he cannot come between us."

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