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George Manville Fenn. A Double Knot
A Double Knot
Table of Contents
Prologue - The Germ
A Daughter of Eve
Mine Own Familiar Friend
Foster-Parents
Inoculated for a Wolf
Volume One—Chapter One. The Story - Years Ago
Cinderella and the Sisters
Volume One—Chapter Two
His Uncle’s Nephew
Volume One—Chapter Three
Captain Millet’s Brother’s Wife
Volume One—Chapter Four
The Remains of a Fall
Volume One—Chapter Five
Dr. Stonor’s Patient
Volume One—Chapter Six
Aunt Philippa on Matrimony
Volume One—Chapter Seven
Eccentric Guests
Volume One—Chapter Eight
In Borrowed Plumes
Volume One—Chapter Nine
The Slave of Fortune
Volume One—Chapter Ten
A Dinner for an End
Volume One—Chapter Eleven
Family Matters
Volume Two—Chapter One. The Story - Years Ago - (Continued)
Mr. Montaigne Establishes a Bond of Sympathy
Volume Two—Chapter Two
Love Paints and Decorates
Volume Two—Chapter Three
Lady Millet’s Choice
Volume Two—Chapter Four
Late in the Field
Volume Two—Chapter Five
A Walk in the Gardens
Volume Two—Chapter Six
The Anchorite is Consulted Again
Volume Two—Chapter Seven
Brought to a Double Head
Volume Two—Chapter Eight
Dick Millet Feels Grown Up
Volume Two—Chapter Nine
Going to Court
Volume Two—Chapter Ten
Glen Declares War
Volume Two—Chapter Eleven
Lady Littletown’s Diplomacy
Volume Two—Chapter Twelve
A Matter-of-Fact Match
Volume Two—Chapter Thirteen
Clotilde is Triumphant
Volume Three—Chapter One. The Story. - Years Ago - (Continued)
Gertrude’s Husband
Volume Three—Chapter Two
Police Business
Volume Three—Chapter Three
Potiphar’s Wife
Volume Three—Chapter Four
Glen’s Defender
Volume Three—Chapter Five
The Reward of Perseverance
Volume Three—Chapter Six
The Double Knot
Volume Three—Chapter Seven
Between Sisters
Volume Three—Chapter Eight
Gertrude Takes Sanctuary
Volume Three—Chapter Nine
Lady Henry Grows Calm
Volume Three—Chapter Ten
A Dangerous Enemy
Volume Three—Chapter Eleven
Ruth’s Work Undone
Volume Three—Chapter Twelve
John Huish Gets Back Part of his Brains
Volume Three—Chapter Thirteen
Lord Henry Receives a Telegram
Volume Three—Chapter Fourteen
A Woman’s Work
Volume Three—Chapter Fifteen
Face to Face
Volume Three—Chapter Sixteen
Not Room for Two
Volume Three—Chapter Seventeen
The Family Doctor
Volume Three—Chapter Eighteen
The Events of Two Years
Volume Three—Chapter Nineteen
Last Words
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George Manville Fenn
Published by Good Press, 2020
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As the struggle was resumed, the better training of Millet, who was hard and spare, began to tell upon Huish, whose life of ease had not fitted him for so arduous an encounter. His breath was drawn heavily, and at rapid intervals; his grasp of his adversary was less firm; the big drops stood upon his face, and a singing noise began to sound in his ears, while the thought which made him feel infuriate seemed about to be realised, and in imagination he saw himself humbled before his friend.
In fact, the latter nearly had him at his mercy as they now swayed to and fro, and tightening his grasp with one hand, he suddenly lowered the other, and catching Huish at a disadvantage, he would in another instant have thrown him, when, maddened by desperation, Huish dashed himself forward to forestall his antagonist’s effort, Millet’s heel caught in a furze-bush, and the two men fell heavily against the rough fence.
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