Xingu, and other stories

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Edith Wharton. Xingu, and other stories

Xingu, and other stories

Table of Contents

XINGU

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II

III

COMING HOME

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

AUTRES TEMPS..

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

KERFOL

I

II

III

THE LONG RUN

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

THE TRIUMPH OF NIGHT

I

II

III

IV

V

THE CHOICE

I

II

BUNNER SISTERS

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

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Edith Wharton

Published by Good Press, 2021

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There was a portentous pause, a silence so big with incalculable dangers that the members with one accord checked the words on their lips, like soldiers dropping their arms to watch a single combat between their leaders. Then Mrs. Dane gave expression to their inmost dread by saying sharply: “Ah—you say the Xingu, do you?”

Mrs. Roby smiled undauntedly. “It is a shade pedantic, isn’t it? Personally, I always drop the article; but I don’t know how the other members feel about it.”

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