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H. Rider Haggard. The Wizard
The Wizard
Table of Contents
DEDICATION
To the Memory of the Child
Nada Burnham,
AUTHOR’S NOTE
THE WIZARD
CHAPTER I
THE DEPUTATION
CHAPTER II
THOMAS OWEN
CHAPTER III
THE TEMPTATION
CHAPTER IV
THE VISION
CHAPTER V
THE FEAST OF THE FIRST-FRUITS
CHAPTER VI
THE DRINKING OF THE CUP
CHAPTER VII
THE RECOVERY OF THE KING
CHAPTER VIII
THE FIRST TRIAL BY FIRE
CHAPTER IX
THE CRISIS
CHAPTER X
THE SECOND TRIAL BY FIRE
CHAPTER XI
THE WISDOM OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER XII
THE MESSAGE OF HOKOSA
CHAPTER XIII
THE BASKET OF FRUIT
CHAPTER XIV
THE EATING OF THE FRUIT
CHAPTER XV
NOMA COMES TO HAFELA
CHAPTER XVI
THE REPENTANCE OF HOKOSA
CHAPTER XVII
THE LOOSING OF NOMA
CHAPTER XVIII
THE PASSING OF OWEN
CHAPTER XIX
THE FALL OF THE GREAT PLACE
CHAPTER XX
NOMA SETS A SNARE
CHAPTER XXI
HOKOSA IS LIFTED UP
CHAPTER XXII
THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS
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H. Rider Haggard
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Just then a tiny speck appears far away on the plain. It is a man travelling towards the water at a swinging trot. Going into the hut, Owen returns with a pair of field-glasses, and through them scrutinises the figure of the man.
“Heaven be praised! It is John,” he mutters, with a sigh of relief. “Now, I wonder what answer he brings?”
