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Footner Hulbert. Ramshackle House

Ramshackle House

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. THE CANOEIST

CHAPTER II. THE STORY IN THE SUN-PAPER

CHAPTER III. AN IRRUPTION FROM THE WORLD

CHAPTER IV. BESIDE THE LITTLE TEMPLE

CHAPTER V. ON BOARD THE ALEXANDRA

CHAPTER VI. MOONLIGHT

CHAPTER VII. THE TRIP TO TOWN

CHAPTER VIII. THE RETURN

CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT LONG

CHAPTER X. DAYS OF SUSPENSE

CHAPTER XI. PEN'S HAND IS FORCED

CHAPTER XII. THE ALEXANDRA SAILS AWAY

CHAPTER XIII. IN CHAMBERS

CHAPTER XIV. EXTRA!

CHAPTER XV. POSTSCRIPT

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Hulbert Footner

Published by Good Press, 2022

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It was chiefly Pen's fault. She got the notion in her head that he merely desired to repay her hospitality with a little gallantry, and she blighted his warm overtures as with a frost. It was due to her fatal instinct to guard against a pain which might be more than she could bear.

However the young man was determined; moreover he had a reputation to keep up. More experienced than Pen he had learned how a little naturalness clears the air, and he was resolved to speak his mind no matter how hard she made it for him. In the end he blurted it out awkwardly:

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