The House Behind the Cedars

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt. The House Behind the Cedars

I. A STRANGER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

II. AN EVENING VISIT

III. THE OLD JUDGE

IV. DOWN THE RIVER

V. THE TOURNAMENT

VI. THE QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY

VII 'MID NEW SURROUNDINGS

VIII. THE COURTSHIP

IX. DOUBTS AND FEARS

X. THE DREAM

XI. A LETTER AND A JOURNEY

XII. TRYON GOES TO PATESVILLE

XIII. AN INJUDICIOUS PAYMENT

XIV. A LOYAL FRIEND

XV. MINE OWN PEOPLE

XVI. THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT

XVII. TWO LETTERS

XVIII. UNDER THE OLD REGIME

XIX. GOD MADE US ALL

XX. DIGGING UP ROOTS

XXI. A GILDED OPPORTUNITY

XXII. IMPERATIVE BUSINESS

XXIII. THE GUEST OF HONOR

XXIV. SWING YOUR PARTNERS

XXV. BALANCE ALL

XXVI. THE SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE WOODS

XXVII. AN INTERESTING ACQUAINTANCE

XXVIII. THE LOST KNIFE

XXIX. PLATO EARNS HALF A DOLLAR

XXX. AN UNUSUAL HONOR

XXXI. IN DEEP WATERS

XXXII. THE POWER OF LOVE

XXXIII. A MULE AND A CART

Отрывок из книги

Toward evening of the same day, Warwick took his way down Front Street in the gathering dusk. By the time night had spread its mantle over the earth, he had reached the gate by which he had seen the girl of his morning walk enter the cedar-bordered garden. He stopped at the gate and glanced toward the house, which seemed dark and silent and deserted.

"It's more than likely," he thought, "that they are in the kitchen. I reckon I'd better try the back door."

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"Don't worry about the wave, mother. It's just the fashionable ripple, and becomes her immensely. I think my little Albert favors his Aunt Rena somewhat."

"Your little Albert!" they cried. "You've got a child?"

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