The Unbidden Guest

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Hornung Ernest William. The Unbidden Guest

CHAPTER I. – THE GIRL FROM HOME

CHAPTER II. – A BAD BEGINNING

CHAPTER III. – AU REVOIR

CHAPTER IV. – A MATTER OF TWENTY POUNDS

CHAPTER V. – A WATCH AND A PIPE

CHAPTER VI. – THE WAYS OF SOCIETY

CHAPTER VII. – MOONLIGHT SPORT

CHAPTER VIII. – THE SAVING OF ARABELLA

CHAPTER IX. – FACE TO FACE

CHAPTER X. – THE THINNING OF THE ICE

CHAPTER XI. – A CHRISTMAS OFFERING

CHAPTER XII. – “THE SONG OF MIRIAM.”

CHAPTER XIII. – ON THE VERANDAH

CHAPTER XIV. – A BOLT FROM THE BLUE

CHAPTER XV. – A DAY OF RECKONING

CHAPTER XVI. – A MAN’. RESOLVE

CHAPTER XVII. – THE TWO MIRIAMS

CHAPTER XVIII. – THE WAY OF ALL FLESH

CHAPTER XIX. – TO THE TUNE OF RAIN

CHAPTER XX. – THE LAST ENCOUNTER

CHAPTER XXI. – “FOR THIS CAUSE.”

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At the sound of the voices outside, John William, for his part, had slipped behind the gun-room door; but he had the presence of mind not to shut it quite, and this enabled him to peer through the crack and take deliberate stock of the fair visitant.

She was a well-built young woman, with a bold, free carriage and a very daring smile. That was John William’s first impression when he came to think of it in words a little later. His eyes then fastened upon her hair. The poor colour of her face and lips did not strike him at the time any more than the smudges under the merry eyes. The common stamp of the regular features never struck him at all, for of such matters old Mr. Teesdale himself was hardly a judge; but the girl’s hair took John William’s fancy on the spot. It was the most wonderful hair: red, and yet beautiful. There was plenty of it to be seen, too, for the straw hat that hid the rest had a backward tilt to it, while an exuberant fringe came down within an inch of the light eyebrows. John William could have borne it lower still. He watched and listened with a smile upon his own hairy visage, of which he was totally unaware.

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“Society?” said she. “My word, yes, I shall want you to tell me all about society, Miriam.”

“Do you hear that, Miriam?” said Mr. Teesdale after some moments. She had taken no notice.

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