Elster's Folly
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Henry Wood. Elster's Folly
CHAPTER I. BY THE EARLY TRAIN
CHAPTER II. WILLY GUM
CHAPTER III. ANNE ASHTON
CHAPTER IV. THE COUNTESS-DOWAGER
CHAPTER V. JEALOUSY
CHAPTER VI. AT THE BRIDGE
CHAPTER VII. LISTENERS
CHAPTER VIII. THE WAGER BOATS
CHAPTER IX. WAITING FOR DINNER
CHAPTER X. MR. PIKE'S VISIT
CHAPTER XI. THE INQUEST
CHAPTER XII. LATER IN THE DAY
CHAPTER XIII. FEVER
CHAPTER XIV. ANOTHER PATIENT
CHAPTER XV. VAL'S DILEMMA
CHAPTER XVI. BETWEEN THE TWO
CHAPTER XVII. AN AGREEABLE WEDDING
CHAPTER XVIII. THE STRANGER
CHAPTER XIX. A CHANCE MEETING
CHAPTER XX. THE STRANGER AGAIN
CHAPTER XXI. SECRET CARE
CHAPTER XXII. ASKING THE RECTOR
CHAPTER XXIII. MR. CARR AT WORK
CHAPTER XXIV. SOMEBODY ELSE AT WORK
CHAPTER XXV. AT HARTLEDON
CHAPTER XXVI. UNDER THE TREES
CHAPTER XXVII. A TÊTE-À-TÊTE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXVIII. ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XXIX. CROSS-QUESTIONING MR. CARR
CHAPTER XXX. MAUDE'S DISOBEDIENCE
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SWORD SLIPPED
CHAPTER XXXII. IN THE PARK
CHAPTER XXXIII. COMING HOME
CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. PIKE ON THE WING
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SHED RAZED
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DOWAGER'S ALARM
CHAPTER XXXVII. A PAINFUL SCENE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. EXPLANATIONS
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Had Percival Elster lingered ever so short a time near the clerk's house that morning he would have met that functionary himself; for in less than a minute after he had passed out of sight Jabez Gum's door opened, and Jabez Gum glided out of it.
It is a term chiefly applied to ghosts; but Mr. Gum was a great deal more like a ghost than like a man. He was remarkably tall and thin; a very shadow; with a white shadow of a face, and a nose that might have served as a model for a mask in a carnival of guys. A sharp nose, twice the length and half the breadth of any ordinary nose—a very ferret of a nose; its sharp tip standing straight out into the air. People said, with such a nose Mr. Gum ought to have a great deal of curiosity. And they were right; he had a great deal in a quiet way.
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"I'll see to it before Sunday, Jabez. Any news?"
"No, sir; not that I've heard of. My wife wanted to persuade me she saw—"
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