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Fergus Hume. The Purple Fern
The Purple Fern
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE MAN IN GREY
CHAPTER II. AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER III. TWINS
CHAPTER IV. A MYSTERY
CHAPTER V. THE VICAR
CHAPTER VI. A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER VII. DR. JERCE EXPLAINS
CHAPTER VIII. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
CHAPTER IX. THE INQUEST
CHAPTER X. A CHANCE WHISPER
CHAPTER XI. THE DOG
CHAPTER XII. BUSINESS AFFAIRS
CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW EPOCH
CHAPTER XIV. PRUDENCE
CHAPTER XV. THE VICAR'S TROUBLES
CHAPTER XVI. A STRANGE COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XVII. THE RECALL OF DR. JERCE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
CHAPTER XIX. ZARA, THE BUTTERFLY
CHAPTER XX. PROOF POSITIVE
CHAPTER XXI. ACKWORTH'S NEWS
CHAPTER XXII. THE ANONYMOUS LETTER
CHAPTER XXIII. AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXIV. FERDINAND BAIRD AT BAY
CHAPTER XXV. THE WHOLE TRUTH
CHAPTER XXVI. NEMESIS
FINIS
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Fergus Hume
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Ferdinand!" gasped Jerce, and stretching out his hand, he gripped the young man by his overcoat collar. Before Baird could expostulate, he was drawn unresistingly along towards the light streaming from the open window, and Jerce was looking fiercely at his tall form and grey clothes. "Tell me why you knocked me down just now?" demanded the doctor, much ruffled, and short of breath.
Ferdinand started back in genuine surprise. "I knock you down?" he repeated. "Why, doctor, you must be out of your senses. Why on earth should I knock you down?"
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