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E F Benson. The Luck of the Vails
The Luck of the Vails
Table of Contents
PART I
PART II
THE LUCK OF THE VAILS
PART I
CHAPTER I
THE SHADOWS DANCE
CHAPTER II
THE COMING OF THE LUCK
CHAPTER III
THE SPELL BEGINS TO WORK
CHAPTER IV
THE STORY OF MR. FRANCIS
CHAPTER V
A POINT IN CASUISTRY
CHAPTER VI
THE POINT SOLVED—THE MEETING
CHAPTER VII
THE POINT IN CASUISTRY SOLVES ITSELF
CHAPTER VIII
THE SECOND RETURN TO VAIL
CHAPTER IX
CARDIAC
CHAPTER X
MR. FRANCIS IS BETTER
CHAPTER XI
MR. FRANCIS SEES HIS DOCTOR
CHAPTER XII
THE MEETING IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER XIII
HARRY ASKS A QUESTION
CHAPTER XIV
LADY OXTED'S IDEA
PART II
CHAPTER XV
FROST
CHAPTER XVI
FIRE
CHAPTER XVII
A BIRD OF NIGHT
CHAPTER XVIII
RAIN
CHAPTER XIX
GEOFFREY LEAVES VAIL
CHAPTER XX
DR. ARMYTAGE ARRIVES
CHAPTER XXI
GEOFFREY MEETS THE DOCTOR
CHAPTER XXII
LADY OXTED HAS A BAD NIGHT
CHAPTER XXIII
THE MEETING IN GROSVENOR SQUARE
CHAPTER XXIV
JIM GOES TO BED
CHAPTER XXV
MR. FRANCIS SLEEPS
EPILOGUE
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E. F. Benson
A Novel
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"Well, it is a strange story, and a short one," he said, "for so little is known of it. It has appeared and disappeared several times since Holbein painted it there, as unaccountably as it has appeared again now. In the attic all the time!" he exclaimed again.
"But the legend; what does the legend mean?" asked Harry.
