Playing with Fire
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James Grant. Playing with Fire
Playing with Fire
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. MERLWOOD
CHAPTER II. HESTER MAULE
CHAPTER III. KASHGATE—A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER IV. PLAYING WITH FIRE
CHAPTER V. THE COUSINS
CHAPTER VI. ANNOT DRUMMOND
CHAPTER VII 'IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR?'
CHAPTER VIII 'IT WAS NO DREAM.'
CHAPTER IX. THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW
CHAPTER X. ROLAND'S HOME-COMING
CHAPTER XI. A COLD RECEPTION
CHAPTER XII. MAUDE
CHAPTER XIII. ROLAND'S VEXATION
CHAPTER XIV. MAUDE'S SECRET
CHAPTER XV. MR. HAWKEY SHARPE SEEKS COUNSEL
CHAPTER XVI 'FOOL'S PARADISE.'
CHAPTER XVII. AT EARLSHAUGH
CHAPTER XVIII 'MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET.'
CHAPTER XIX. HESTER RECEIVES A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XX. MR. SHARPE MAKES A MISTAKE
CHAPTER XXI. MALCOLM SKENE
CHAPTER XXII. A FATAL SHOT
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CITY OF THE CALIPHS—OCTOBER IN THE LAND OF. THE PHARAOHS
CHAPTER XXIV. JACK ELLIOT'S PERIL
CHAPTER XXV. THE WILL
CHAPTER XXVI. MOLOCH
CHAPTER XXVII. ANNOT'S MISGIVINGS
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIRST OF OCTOBER
CHAPTER XXIX. ALARM AND ANXIETY
CHAPTER XXX. THE KELPIE'S CLEUGH
CHAPTER XXXI 'ALL OVER NOW!'
CHAPTER XXII. PELION ON OSSA
CHAPTER XXXIII. A TANGLED SKEIN
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PRESENTIMENT
CHAPTER XXXV. LOST IN THE DESERT
CHAPTER XXXVI. ALONE!
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE FIRST QUARREL
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CRISIS
CHAPTER XXXIX. TURNING THE TABLES
CHAPTER XL. THE NEW POSITION
CHAPTER XLI. THE CAPTIVE
CHAPTER XLII. THE ZEREBA OF SHEIKH MOUSSA
CHAPTER XLIII. A MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XLIV. THE TROOPSHIP
CHAPTER XLV. THE DEATH WRESTLE
CHAPTER XLVI. MAUDE'S VISITOR
CHAPTER XLVII. THE RESULT
CHAPTER XLVIII 'INFIRM OF PURPOSE!'
CHAPTER XLIX. CHRISTMAS DAY IN CAMP AT KORTI
CHAPTER L. THE START FOR KHARTOUM
CHAPTER LI. THE MARCH IN THE DESERT
CHAPTER LII. THE PRESENTIMENT FULFILLED
CHAPTER LIII. A HOMEWARD GLANCE
CHAPTER LIV. THE LONG-SUSPENDED SWORD
CHAPTER LV. WITH GENERAL EARLE's COLUMN
CHAPTER LVI. THE BATTLE OF KIRBEKAN
CHAPTER LVII. THE SICK CONVOY
CHAPTER LVIII. IN THE SHOUBRAH GARDENS
CHAPTER LIX. CONCLUSION
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James Grant
A Story of the Soudan War
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At others, Roland, though not quite past seven-and-twenty, had, of course, seen too much of the world and of life, in and out of garrison, to be a hot-headed and reckless lover, or to rush into a position which left him no safe or honourable line of retreat.
His passions were strong, but tempered by experience and quite under his control; and he was inclined to be somewhat of a casuist.
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