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E. Phillips Oppenheim. The Governors
The Governors
Table of Contents
BOOK I. CHAPTER. I. MR. PHINEAS DUGE. II. COUSIN STELLA. III. STORM CLOUDS. IV. A MEETING OF GIANTS. V. TREACHERY. VI. MR. WEISS IN A HURRY. VII. A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR. VIII. FIREARMS. IX. CONSPIRATORS. X. MR. NORRIS VINE. XI. MR. LITTLESON, FLATTERER. XII. STELLA SUCCEEDS. XIII. BEARDING THE LION. XIV. STELLA PROVES OBSTINATE. XV. THE WARNING. XVI. A TRUCE. BOOK II. I. MY NAME IS MILDMAY. II. REFLECTIONS. III. "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" IV. THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR. V. A QUESTION OF COURAGE. VI. MR. MILDMAY AGAIN. VII. AN APPOINTMENT. VIII. DEFEATED. IX. INGRATITUDE. X. A NEW VENTURE. XI. CONSCIENCE. XII. DUKE OF MOWBRAY. XIII. AN INTRODUCTION. XIV. ANOTHER DISAPPEARANCE. XV. MR. DUGE THREATENS. XVI. TRAPPED. XVII. MR. DUGE FAILS. XVIII. ADVICE FOR MR. VINE. XIX. THE CRISIS. XX. BEWITCHED. XXI. A LESSON LEARNED. XXII. A SURPRISE. XXIII. A DINNER PARTY. VIRGINIA "AS I DARESAY YOU KNOW, I AM NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH MY FATHER!" ONE OF THE BLOCKS SPRANG UP A LITTLE WAY AND WAS EASILY REMOVED. A BULLET WHISTLED ONLY A FEW INCHES FROM HIS HEAD. PHINEAS DUGE DROPPED HIS CIGARETTE, AND FELL ON HIS KNEES BY HER SIDE "FOR GOD'S SAKE, TELL ME WHO HAS IT, MISS DUGE!" HE IMPLORED "ISN'T IT THE BUSINESS OF ANY MAN TO LOOK AFTER A CHILD LIKE YOU?" VIRGINIA, WITH A LITTLE MURMUR OF DELIGHT, RECOGNIZED MR. MILDMAY STANDING BEFORE HER. SIMULTANEOUSLY SHE HEARD A STEALTHY MOVEMENT OUTSIDE. THEN HE CAME SLOWLY BACK, AND PUTTING HIS ARM AROUND VIRGINIA'S WAIST, KISSED HER. SHE THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE MOTIVE OF HER COMING, ONLY TO PLACE THE DOOR BETWEEN HER AND THIS! HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OF WATCHING A SEARCH CONDUCTED UPON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES. THEN IN THE MIDST OF HER WONDERING CAME THE ELUCIDATION OF THESE THINGS. HE WAS ONLY JUST IN TIME TO SAVE HER FROM FALLING. THE GOVERNORS
