The Nest of the Sparrowhawk
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Emma Orczy. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk
PART I. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk
CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE OF A KENTISH SQUIRE
CHAPTER II. ON A JULY AFTERNOON
CHAPTER III. THE EXILE
CHAPTER IV. GRINDING POVERTY
CHAPTER V. THE LEGAL ASPECT
CHAPTER VI. UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ELMS
CHAPTER VII. THE STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES
CHAPTER VIII. PRINCE AMÉDÉ D'ORLÉANS
CHAPTER IX. SECRET SERVICE
CHAPTER X. AVOWED ENMITY
CHAPTER XI. SURRENDER
CHAPTER XII. A WOMAN'S HEART
CHAPTER XIII. AN IDEA
PART II
CHAPTER XIV. THE HOUSE IN LONDON
CHAPTER XV. A GAME OF PRIMERO
CHAPTER XVI. A CONFLICT
CHAPTER XVII. RUS IN URBE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TRAP
CHAPTER XIX. DISGRACE
CHAPTER XX. MY LORD PROTECTOR'S PATROL
PART III
CHAPTER XXI. IN THE MEANWHILE
CHAPTER XXII. BREAKING THE NEWS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ABSENT FRIEND
CHAPTER XXIV. NOVEMBER THE 2D
CHAPTER XXV. AN INTERLUDE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE OUTCAST
CHAPTER XXVII. LADY SUE'S FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXVIII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XXIX. GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XXX. ALL BECAUSE OF THE TINDER-BOX
CHAPTER XXXI. THE ASSIGNATION
CHAPTER XXXII. THE PATH NEAR THE CLIFFS
PART IV
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DAY AFTER
CHAPTER XXXIV. AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SMITH'S FORGE
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE GIRL-WIFE
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE OLD WOMAN
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE VOICE OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE HOME-COMING OF ADAM LAMBERT
CHAPTER XL. EDITHA'S RETURN
CHAPTER XLI. THEIR NAME
CHAPTER XLII. THE RETURN
CHAPTER XLIII. THE SANDS OF EPPLE
THE EPILOGUE
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Master Hymn-of-Praise Busy folded his hands before him ere he spoke:
"Nay! but I tell thee, woman, that the Lord hath no love for such frivolities! and alack! but 'tis a sign of the times that an English Squire should favor such evil ways."
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'Tis the duty even of a veracious chronicler to draw a discreet veil over certain scenes full of blissful moments for those whom he portrays.
There are no data extant as to what occurred during the next few seconds in the old oak-beamed dining-room of Acol Court in the Island of Thanet. Certain it is that when next we get a peep at Master Hymn-of-Praise Busy and Mistress Charity Haggett, they are standing side by side, he looking somewhat shame-faced in the midst of his obvious joy, and she supremely unconcerned, once more absorbed in the apparently never-ending adornment of the refreshment table.
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