The Tyranny of the Dark
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Garland Hamlin. The Tyranny of the Dark
The Tyranny of the Dark
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
BOOK I
THE CHARACTERS CONCERNED
THE TYRANNY OF THE DARK
IToC
THE SETTING
IIToC
THE MAID ON THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE
IIIToC
THE MAN
IVToC
A SECOND MEETING
VToC
PUPIL AND MASTER
VIToC
IN THE MARSHALL BASIN
VIIToC
THE FORCES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS
VIIIToC
DR. BRITT EXPLAINS
IXToC
ANTHONY CLARKE, EVANGEL
XToC
CLARKE'S WOOING
BOOK II
IToC
THE MODERNISTS
IIToC
NEWS OF VIOLA
IIIToC
BRITT COMES TO DINE
IVToC
THE PATRON OF PSYCHICS
VToC
KATE VISITS VIOLA
VIToC
SERVISS LISTENS SHREWDLY
VIIToC
THE SLEEPING SIBYL
VIIIToC
KATE'S INTERROGATION
IXToC
VIOLA'S PLEA FOR HELP
XToC
MORTON SENDS A TELEGRAM
XIToC
DR. BRITT PAYS HIS DINNER-CALL
XIIToC
VIOLA IN DINNER-DRESS
XIIIToC
THE TEST SÉANCE
XIVToC
PUZZLED PHILOSOPHERS
XVToC
VIOLA REVOLTS FROM CLARKE
XVIToC
THE HOUSE OF DISCORD
XVIIToC
WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE
XVIIIToC
LAMBERT INTERVENES
XIXToC
SERVISS ASSUMES CONTROL
XXToC
THE MOTHER'S FAITH
XXIToC
CLARKE SHADOWS THE FEAST
XXIIToC
THE SPIRITUAL RESCUE
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Hamlin Garland
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Once out of the spell of the immediate presence of this troubled mother and her appealing daughter, Serviss began to doubt and to question. "They are almost too simple, too confiding. Why should Mrs. Lambert, at a first meeting, accidental and without explanation, ask me to take thought of her daughter's future?" The fact that his connection with an institution of learning gave him a sort of sanctity in their eyes did not weigh with him. He was of those who take professorships in the modern way—with levity, either real or assumed.
"I think, on the whole, I'd better keep out of this family complication, whatever it may be," he concluded. "This absence of the husband in the hills may be more significant than at present appears—it may be a voluntary sequestration. I take the hint. I am not seeking new responsibilities, and I don't care to act as adviser, even to a pretty girl—especially not to a pretty girl." And he waved his hand in the manner of one declining a doubtful cigar.
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