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George Barr McCutcheon. The Hollow of Her Hand
The Hollow of Her Hand
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I — MARCH COMES IN LIKE THE LION
CHAPTER II — THE PASSING OF A NIGHT
CHAPTER III — HETTY CASTLETON
CHAPTER IV — WHILE THE MOB WAITED
CHAPTER V — DISCUSSING A SISTER-IN-LAW
CHAPTER VI — SOUTHLOOK
CHAPTER VII — A FAITHFUL CRAYON-POINT
CHAPTER VIII — IN WHICH HETTY IS WEIGHED
CHAPTER IX — HAWKRIGHT's MODEL
CHAPTER X — THE GHOST AT THE FEAST
"I?"
CHAPTER XI — MAN PROPOSES
CHAPTER XII — THE APPROACH OF A MAN NAMED SMITH
CHAPTER XIII — MR. WRANDALL PERJURES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XIV — IN THE SHADOW OF THE MILL
CHAPTER XV — SARA WRANDALL FINDS THE TRUTH
CHAPTER XVI — THE SECOND ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER XVII — CROSSING THE CHANNEL
CHAPTER XVIII — BATTLING OLD BONES
"TRULY?"
CHAPTER XIX — VIVIAN AIRS HER OPINIONS
CHAPTER XX — ONCE MORE AT BURTON'S INN
CHAPTER XXI — DISTURBING NEWS
CHAPTER XXII — THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND
CHAPTER XXIII — SARA WRANDALL'S DECISION
CHAPTER XXIV — THE JURY OF FOUR
CHAPTER XXV — RENUNCIATION
THE END
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George Barr McCutcheon
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Half an hour later, she was ready for the trip to New York City. The clock in the office marked the hour as one. A toddied individual in a great buffalo coat waited for her outside, hiccoughing and bandying jest with the half-frozen men who had spent the night with him in the forlorn hope of finding THE GIRL.
Mrs. Wrandall gave final instructions to the coroner and his deputy, who happened to be the undertaker's assistant. She had answered all the questions that had been put to her, and had signed the document with a firm, untrembling hand. Her veil had been lowered since the beginning of the examination. They did not see her face; they only heard the calm, low voice, sweet with fatigue and dread.
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