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David Dwight Wells. Parlous Times
Parlous Times
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER II
WANTED—A CHAPERON
CHAPTER III
PARLOUS TIMES
CHAPTER IV
A LADY IN DISTRESS
CHAPTER V
A GENTLEMAN IN DISTRESS
CHAPTER VI
AFTERNOON TEA
CHAPTER VII
AN IRATE HUSBAND
CHAPTER VIII
DIPLOMATIC INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER IX
A HOUSE-WARMING
CHAPTER X
BEFORE DINNER
CHAPTER XI
AFTER DINNER
CHAPTER XII
A MORNING CALL
CHAPTER XIII
THE SERIOUS SIDE OF MISS FITZGERALD'S NATURE
CHAPTER XIV
THE SERIOUS SIDE OF THE SECRETARY'S NATURE
CHAPTER XV
THE SECRETARY'S INTENTIONS
CHAPTER XVI
MAN PROPOSES
CHAPTER XVII
HER HUSBAND
CHAPTER XVIII
THE DOOR WITH THE SILVER NAILS
CHAPTER XIX
A MIDNIGHT MESSAGE
CHAPTER XX
THE WISDOM OF AGE
CHAPTER XXI
THE RESOURCES OF DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XXII
A LITTLE COMMISSION
CHAPTER XXIII
FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS
CHAPTER XXIV
A VERY AWKWARD PREDICAMENT
CHAPTER XXV
THE RUSTLE OF A SKIRT
CHAPTER XXVI
FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XXVII
THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
CHAPTER XXVIII
TWO QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XXIX
IN WHICH DEATH IS A RELIEF
CHAPTER XXX
TWO LETTERS
CHAPTER XXXI
MISS FITZGERALD BURNS HER BOATS
CHAPTER XXXII
THE TOP OF THE TOWER
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE SECRET OF THE DOOR
CHAPTER XXXIV
WITHIN THE TOWER
CHAPTER XXXV
THE SHORT WAY OUT
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE DAY OF RECKONING
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE PRICE OF KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE PRICE OF LOVE
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE PRICE OF SILENCE
CHAPTER XL
THE PRICE OF A LIE
The Dollar Library. of American Fiction
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
The following Volumes will appear early in 1901, and others are in preparation. They will appear, as far as practicable, at monthly intervals:— THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE
By E. Hough. PARLOUS TIMES
By D. D. Wells. LORDS OF THE NORTH
By A. C. Laut. THE CHRONIC LOAFER
By Nelson Lloyd. HER MOUNTAIN LOVER
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David Dwight Wells
A Novel of Modern Diplomacy
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"Is it to be a large party?"
"I don't imagine so. Sort of house-warming. They've just inherited the estate. Belle Fitzgerald, you and I, and the Port Arthurs— I don't know who else."
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