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George Gibbs. The Silent Battle
The Silent Battle
Table of Contents
I. LOST
II. BABES IN THE WOODS
III. VOICES
IV. EDEN
V. WOMAN AND MAN
VI. THE SHADOW
VII. ALLEGRO
VIII. CHICOT, THE JESTER
IX. THE LORINGS
X. MR. VAN DUYN RIDES FORTH
XI. THE CEDARCROFT SET
XII. NELLIE PENNINGTON CUTS IN
XIII. MRS. PENNINGTON’S BROUGHAM
XIV. THE JUNIOR MEMBER
XV. DISCOVERED
XVI. BEHIND THE ENEMY’S BACK
XVII “THE POT AND KETTLE”
XVIII. THE ENEMY AND A FRIEND
XIX. LOVE ON CRUTCHES
XX. THE INTRUDER
XXI. TEMPTATION
XXII. SMOKE AND FIRE
XXIII. THE MOUSE AND THE LION
XXIV. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
XXV. DEEP WATER
XXVI. BIG BUSINESS
XXVII. MR. LORING REFLECTS
XXVIII. THE LODESTAR
XXIX. ARCADIA AGAIN
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George Gibbs
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I suppose you have a right to know what I’m doing here,” she said flushing a little, “but there isn’t anything to tell. I left our camp—as you did, to fish. I’ve done it before, often. Sometimes alone—sometimes with a party. I—I wasn’t alone this morning and I—I—” she hesitated, frowning. “It doesn’t matter in the least about that, of course,” she went on quickly. “I—I got separated from my—my companion and went farther into the brush than I had intended to do. When I found that I had lost my way, I called again and again. Nobody answered. Then something happened to me, I don’t know what. I think it must have been the sound of the echoes of my own voice that frightened me, for suddenly I seemed to go mad with terror. After that I don’t remember anything, except that I felt I must reach the end of the woods, so that I could see beyond the barrier of trees which seemed to be closing in about me like living things. It was frightful. I only knew that I went on and on—until I saw you. And after that—” her words were slower, her voice dropped a note and then stopped altogether—“and that is all,” she finished.
“It’s enough, God knows,” he said, sitting upright. “You must have suffered.”
