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Ethel M. Dell. The Serpent In The Garden
The Serpent In The Garden
Table of Contents
PART I
CHAPTER I. Peter’s Brother
CHAPTER II. The Whirlpool
CHAPTER III. The Villa Garden
CHAPTER IV. The New Recruit
CHAPTER V. The Traveller
CHAPTER VI. The Rival Claim
CHAPTER VII. The Choice
CHAPTER VIII. Gabrielle’s Mother
CHAPTER IX. Gabrielle
CHAPTER X. The Rocky Edge
CHAPTER XI. The Apology
PART II
CHAPTER I. Il Conte di Voltano
CHAPTER II. Mother and Daughter
CHAPTER III. Beginner’s Luck
CHAPTER IV. The Warning
CHAPTER V. The Drawn Sword
CHAPTER VI. In the Grotto
CHAPTER VII. The Treasure
CHAPTER VIII. The Blow
PART III
CHAPTER I. The Tryst
CHAPTER II. Friendship
CHAPTER III. The Return
CHAPTER IV. The Closing Net
CHAPTER V. Old Beetle Back
CHAPTER VI. At Pontaumer
CHAPTER VII. Scandal
CHAPTER VIII. The Tool Shed
CHAPTER IX. In the Night
CHAPTER X. The Ride
CHAPTER XI. Le Château Perdu
CHAPTER XII. The Shadow
CHAPTER XIII. The Return
PART IV
CHAPTER I. The Journey
CHAPTER II. The Arrival
CHAPTER III. Chez Pierre
CHAPTER IV. The Flowers of Paradise
CHAPTER V. Capture
CHAPTER VI. The Wheels of Fate
CHAPTER VII. The Welcome
CHAPTER VIII. The Spectre of the Château Perdu
CHAPTER IX. The Sentence
CHAPTER X. The Escape
CHAPTER XI. Only Peter
CHAPTER XII. The Awakening
CHAPTER XIII. The Prisoner
CHAPTER XIV. Duty
CHAPTER XV. Sacrifice
CHAPTER XVI. The Dawn
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Ethel M. Dell
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Oh, Gaspare!” A low note that was almost like horror sounded in the woman’s voice. “Must I do that? Couldn’t you employ—the usual means? I—might be taken ill. Anything might happen.”
“How true!” He answered her derisively. “My envoy might be shot, might he not? But they will not shoot you, my Lucia—a blameless woman going to see her young daughter! Stay! I have a better thought. The girl shall meet you in Paris and you shall show her the town. That will lend colour to the expedition. I believe in colour—plenty of it. It conceals so much; and the message will be one of importance.”
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