Contraband, or A Losing Hazard

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George J. Whyte-Melville. Contraband, or A Losing Hazard

Contraband, or A Losing Hazard

Table of Contents

I. — RAIN-CLOUDS

II. — AN ALLIANCE

III. — SIR HENRY HALLATON

IV. — AMAZONS

V. — OUTRANCE

"OVER THE WATER."

VI. — "TERRARUM DOMINOS."

VII. — FRANK

VIII. — JUNE ROSES

IX. — TOUCH AND GO

X. — AFLOAT

XI. — MANOEUVRING

XII. — THE SYREN

"YES—I LIKE YOU."

XIII. — SUNDAY IN LONDON

XIV. — POST-TIME

XV. — BETWEEN CUP AND LIP

XVI. — "A FACER."

XVII. — DISTRACTIONS

XVIII. — ATTRACTIONS

XIX. — A DRAWN BATTLE

XX. — A RECONNAISSANCE

XXI. — THE SOHO BAZAAR

XXII. — KIDNAPPING

XXIII. — "STRANGERS YET."

XXIV. — GREENWICH

XXV. — HOW THEY MISSED HER

XXVI. — IN SAMARIA

XXVII. — A HOUSEHOLD KATE

XXVIII. — "TENDER AND TRUE."

XXIX. — DAYBREAK

XXX. — "REMORSEFUL."

XXXI. — REPENTANT

XXXII. — "RECLAIMED."

THE END

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George J. Whyte-Melville

Published by Good Press, 2022

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"Did I tell you my husband's name was Achille? Well, Achille was very good to me at first—sending in flowers, and things for baby, and coming to see me every day. To be sure, the doctor wouldn't let him stay above five minutes. I was very happy, and looked forward to getting well and singing again, and working hard at home and abroad for the comfort of my husband and child.

"But I didn't get well. I was very young, you know, and it was weeks before I was able to walk into the next room, so that I couldn't accompany my husband anywhere out-of-doors, and I dare say I was a sadly stupid companion in the house. Perhaps that was why he got tired of me. How can I tell? or what does it signify? It seems as if all these things had happened a hundred years ago. What a fuss people make about their feelings and their affections, and so on! What is the good of them after all? and how long do they last?

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