The Amethyst Box

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Green Anna Katharine. The Amethyst Box

THE AMETHYST BOX

I. THE FLASK WHICH HELD BUT A DROP

II. BEATON'S DREAM

III. A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT

IV. WHAT SINCLAIR HAD TO SHOW ME

V. THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

VI. DOROTHY SPEAKS

VII. CONSTRAINT

VIII. GILBERTINE SPEAKS

IX. IN THE LITTLE BOUDOIR

THE HOUSE IN THE MIST

I. AN OPEN DOOR

II. WITH MY EAR TO THE WAINSCOTING

III. A LIFE DRAMA

IV. THE FINAL SHOCK

THE RUBY AND THE CALDRON

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It was the night before the wedding. Though Sinclair, and not myself, was the happy man, I had my own causes for excitement, and, finding the heat of the billiard-room insupportable, I sought the veranda for a solitary smoke in sight of the ocean and a full moon.

I was in a condition of rapturous, if unreasoning, delight. That afternoon a little hand had lingered in mine for just an instant longer than the circumstances of the moment strictly required, and small as the favor may seem to those who do not know Dorothy Camerden, to me, who realized fully both her delicacy and pride, it was a sign that my long, if secret, devotion was about to be rewarded and that at last I was free to cherish hopes whose alternative had once bid fair to wreck the happiness of my life.

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I made an effort at composure, so did he; and both being determined men, we soon found ourselves in a condition to descend among our friends without attracting any closer attention than was naturally due him as prospective bridegroom and myself as best man.

"It will not be necessary," said I, drawing back, as the heavy figure stirred, breathed heavily and finally sat up.

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