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Hugh Walpole. A Prayer for my Son
A Prayer for my Son
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. SNOW-SHINE FOR ARRIVAL
CHAPTER II. HEART AND SOUL OF A YOUNG MAN
CHAPTER III. BIRTHDAY PARTY
CHAPTER IV. LIFE AND DEATH OF JANET FAWCUS
CHAPTER V. GLORY OF THIS WORLD
CHAPTER VI. JOHN LISTENING
CHAPTER VII. THE PARTY RETURNED
CHAPTER VIII. THRESHOLD OF DANGER—OR ISN’T IT?
CHAPTER IX. CONQUEST OF JANET—THE HOUSE HAS A COLD—MR. RACKSTRAW IS NOT WELL—ROSE LIGHTS A CANDLE
CHAPTER X. FLIGHT FROM DESPOTISM—WITH RUMP
CHAPTER XI. INSIDE THE COLONEL AS FAR AS ONE DARES
CHAPTER XII. JANET COMES TO LIFE AND IS IMPRISONED
CHAPTER XIII. MAY 14TH: HOW MR. RACKSTRAW QUOTED LANDOR, MICHAEL TORE HIS TROUSERS, AND JANET COUNTED THE DAISIES
CHAPTER XIV. MAY 15TH: HOW THE COLONEL HAD A BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER XV. MAY 16TH: THIS DAY BELONGS TO JANET
CHAPTER XVI. MAY 17TH-18TH: FLIGHT OUT OF EGYPT
CHAPTER XVII. THE TREMBLING SKY
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Hugh Walpole
Published by Good Press, 2021
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‘On the contrary,’ said Michael, ‘I’m sometimes afraid I don’t encourage him enough. He is very easily discouraged, you know.’
She said nothing to that, but there was an implication in the grave authority with which she considered the food on her plate, that she did not wish instructions from Michael about John, that she knew quite enough without his telling. Later in the meal she said:
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