The Pennycomequicks (Volume 2 of 3)

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Baring-Gould Sabine. The Pennycomequicks (Volume 2 of 3)

CHAPTER XVII. MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLY

CHAPTER XVIII. JOHN DALE

CHAPTER XIX. BACKING OUT

CHAPTER XX. A FACE IN THE DARK

CHAPTER XXI. HYACINTH BULBS

CHAPTER XXII. YES OR NO?

CHAPTER XXIII. EARLE SCHOFIELD

CHAPTER XXIV. A RECOGNITION

CHAPTER XXV. WITHOUT BELLS

CHAPTER XXVI. HYMEN

CHAPTER XXVII. AN ALARM

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SPARE ROOM

CHAPTER XXIX. RECOGNITION

CHAPTER XXX. EXEUNT

CHAPTER XXXI. ESTRANGEMENT

CHAPTER XXXII. THE FLIGHT OF EROS

CHAPTER XXXIII. EXILE

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In the cabin of the Conquering Queen, Mr. Pennycomequick had much time for thought before he was sufficiently recovered to leave his berth. He fell to wondering what Salome and her mother, Mrs. Sidebottom and his nephew, had thought of his disappearance.

'Can you get me a back newspaper, or some account of the flood?' he asked of Ann Dewis. 'I am interested to hear what happened, and whether I am among those accounted to have fallen victims.'

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'You must economize the pulsations of your heart for awhile. You will find yourself breathless at every ascent. Your heart is at fault, not your lungs. The machine is weak, and you must not make an engine of one-horse power undertake work that requires one of five. If you could manage to knock off work altogether – '

'For how long?'

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