"A Thoughtless Yes" by Helen H. Gardener. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Helen H. Gardener. A Thoughtless Yes
A Thoughtless Yes
Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION
AN OPEN LETTER
A SPLENDID JUDGE OF A WOMAN
THE LADY OF THE CLUB
I
II
III
UNDER PROTEST
FOR THE PROSECUTION
I
II
III
A RUSTY LINK IN THE CHAIN
THE BOLER HOUSE MYSTERY
THE TIME LOCK OF OUR ANCESTORS
FLORENCE CAMPBELL'S FATE
I
II
III
But I did not get her story the next day, nor the next, nor the next
IV
V
MY PATIENTS STORY
I
II
I confess that I expected a scene
III
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Helen H. Gardener
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"The beautiful stupid and the brilliant but plain are all right—regular stage properties, so to speak—but the grandfather! I'll wager if we tossed up for it, and you got heads and I got tails we'd both be wrong.
"There is something actually uncanny in the aged grandparent ingredient in a conundrum like that. Now if it were a young fellow—only the average donkey—why of course the lovely Julia would bear off the palm and leave Midge, as Nora calls her, to pine away. But if it were a level-headed, middle-aged chap like me, brains would take precedence." He waved his hand lightly toward his wife, who parted her lips over a set of little white teeth and a radiant smile burst forth.
