The White Virgin
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Оглавление
Fenn George Manville. The White Virgin
Chapter One. By a Thread
Chapter Two. Arch-Plotters
Chapter Three. Another
Chapter Four. Jessop’s Weakness
Chapter Five. The Treasure House
Chapter Six. The Lead of Lead
Chapter Seven. Making Friends
Chapter Eight. Undermining
Chapter Nine. Two Days Earlier
Chapter Ten. The Grim Visitor
Chapter Eleven. Jessop Plays Trumps
Chapter Twelve. In Russell Square
Chapter Thirteen. The Rich Man’s Will
Chapter Fourteen. At Dinner
Chapter Fifteen. The Undercurrent
Chapter Sixteen. Sturgess Shows his Teeth
Chapter Seventeen. Major Gurdon’s Venture
Chapter Eighteen. Some one in Eden
Chapter Nineteen. Jessop and Co. at Home
Chapter Twenty. Dinah Seeks Safety
Chapter Twenty One. Alarm Notes
Chapter Twenty Two. Bad Omens
Chapter Twenty Three. The Tare Sowing
Chapter Twenty Four. Alone
Chapter Twenty Five. Another Pigeon Plucked
Chapter Twenty Six. At Bay
Chapter Twenty Seven. For Clive’s Sake
Chapter Twenty Eight. A New Horror
Chapter Twenty Nine. The Explosion
Chapter Thirty. After the Encounter
Chapter Thirty One. Fox and Wolf
Chapter Thirty Two. In a Flash
Chapter Thirty Three. Divided
Chapter Thirty Four. Another Stroke
Chapter Thirty Five. With their own Petard
Chapter Thirty Six. The Days of Peril
Chapter Thirty Seven. The Turning-Point
Chapter Thirty Eight. The Ruptured Vein
Chapter Thirty Nine. After a Lapse
Chapter Forty. The Telegram
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“Hullo, my noble! what brings you here?”
Jessop Reed took off his glossy, fashionable hat, laid a gold-headed malacca cane across it as he placed it upon the table, and then shot his cuffs out of the sleeves of his City garments, cut in the newest style, and apparently fresh that day. Tie, collar, sleeve-links, pin, chain, tightly-cut trousers, spats, and patent shoes betokened the dandy of the Stock Exchange, and the cigar-case he took out was evidently the last new thing of its kind.
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“No, I should not.”
“Well, I don’t ask for your confidence, so let it slide. It was tempting; but there is your brother.”
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