"The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales" by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Arthur Quiller-Couch. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
Table of Contents
MIRACLE OF THE WHITE WOLF. SINDBAD ON BURRATOR. VICTOR. THE CAPTURE OF THE _BURGOMEISTER VAN DER WERF. KING O' PRUSSIA. THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE TOLD. THE CELLARS OF RUEDA. THE HAUNTED YACHT. PARSON JACK'S FORTUNE. THE BURGLARY CLUB. CONCERNING ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. COX VERSUS PRETYMAN. THE BRIDALS OF YSSELMONDE. ENGLAND! JOHN AND THE GHOSTS. THREE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE TALKING SHIPS. THE KEEPERS OF THE LAMP. TWO BOYS. THE SENIOR FELLOW. BALLAST. THE MIRACLE OF THE WHITE WOLF
I.—THE TALE OF SNORRI GAMLASON
II.—PETER KURT'S MANUSCRIPT [1]
SINDBAD ON BURRATOR
VICTOR
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
THE CAPTURE OF THE _BURGOMEISTER VAN DER WERF
A REPORTED TALE OF A DUTCHMAN AND A PRIVATEER
KING O' PRUSSIA
REPORTED TALE OF A SMUGGLER, A REVENUE CUTTER, AND AN OFFICIOUS MINISTER
THE MAN WHO COULD HAVE TOLD
THE CELLARS OF RUEDA
I. I ENTER THE CELLARS
II
CAPTAIN MCNEILL'S ADVENTURES
THE HAUNTED YACHT
A YARN
JOB'S HOTEL, PENLEVEN, VISITORS' BOOK
"CATHERINE BLAKE."
PARSON JACK'S FORTUNE
I
II
III
IV
V
THE BURGLARY CLUB
CONCERNING ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
COX VERSUS PRETYMAN
THE BRIDALS OF YSSELMONDE
ENGLAND!
JOHN AND THE GHOSTS
THREE PHOTOGRAPHS
THE TALKING SHIPS
THE KEEPERS OF THE LAMP
TWO BOYS
I
II
THE SENIOR FELLOW
BALLAST
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Arthur Quiller-Couch
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Then somehow I was aware that she had called for wine to force down my throat, and had been told that there was no wine; and also that with this answer had come to her the knowledge, full and sudden, of our case. Better had we done to trust her than to hide it all this while, for she turned to Ebbe, who stood at her shoulder, and "Is not this the feast of Yule?" she asked. My master bent his head, but without answering.
"Ah!" she cried to him. "Now I know what I have longed to know, that your love is less than mine, for you can love yet be doubtful of miracles; while to me, now that I have loved, no miracle can be aught but small." She bowed herself over me. "Art dying, old friend? Look up and learn that God, being Love, deserts not lovers."
