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Bates Arlo. A Book o' Nine Tales
A Book o' Nine Tales
Table of Contents
Tale the First. A STRANGE IDYL
A BOOK O’ NINE TALES
A STRANGE IDYL
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III
IV
V
VI
VII
Interlude First. AN EPISODE IN MASK
AN EPISODE IN MASK
Tale the Second. THE TUBEROSE
THE TUBEROSE
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II
III
IV
V
Interlude Second. AN EVENING AT WHIST
AN EVENING AT WHIST
Tale the Third. SAUCY BETTY MORK
SAUCY BETTY MORK
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II
III
IV
V
Interlude Third. MRS. FRUFFLES IS AT HOME
MRS. FRUFFLES IS AT HOME
Tale the Fourth. JOHN VANTINE
JOHN VANTINE
Interlude Fourth. THE RADIATOR
THE RADIATOR
Tale the Fifth. MÈRE MARCHETTE
MÈRE MARCHETTE
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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Interlude Fifth “SUCH SWEET SORROW.”
“SUCH SWEET SORROW.”
Tale the Sixth. BARUM WEST’S EXTRAVAGANZA
BARUM WEST’S EXTRAVAGANZA
Interlude Sixth. A BUSINESS MEETING
A BUSINESS MEETING
Tale the Seventh. A SKETCH IN UMBER
A SKETCH IN UMBER
Interlude Seventh. THIRTEEN
THIRTEEN
Tale the Eighth. APRIL’S LADY
APRIL’S LADY
Interlude Eighth. A CUBAN MORNING
A CUBAN MORNING
Tale the Ninth. DELIA GRIMWET
DELIA GRIMWET
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Arlo Bates
Published by Good Press, 2019
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“How white you are!” she exclaimed, noting the wanness of his face; “you should have had your bouillon long ago. A pretty condition you are in to go roaming off by yourself!”
She tripped lightly off towards the house for the forgotten nourishment, and Mr. Tom was left to his reflections. He raised himself, as her graceful figure vanished, then sank back upon his rug with something like a groan. All in an instant the knowledge had come to him that he loved her. He had gone on from day to day conscious only of thinking of his own history, which, bit by bit, he was disinterring from the past, as men bring to light some buried city, and insensibly Columbine had become dear to him before he was aware.
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