The Wonder

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John Davys Beresford. The Wonder

PART ONE. MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT

CHAPTER I. THE MOTIVE

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CHAPTER II. NOTES FOR A BIOGRAPHY OF GINGER STOTT

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CHAPTER III. THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF GINGER STOTT

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PART TWO. THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WONDER

CHAPTER IV. THE MANNER OF HIS BIRTH

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CHAPTER V. HIS DEPARTURE FROM STOKE-UNDERHILL

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CHAPTER VI. HIS FATHER'S DESERTION

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CHAPTER VII. HIS DEBT TO HENRY CHALLIS

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CHAPTER VIII. HIS FIRST VISIT TO CHALLIS COURT

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INTERLUDE

PART TWO (Continued) THE WONDER AMONG BOOKS

CHAPTER IX. HIS PASSAGE THROUGH THE PRISON OF KNOWLEDGE

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CHAPTER X. HIS PASTORS AND MASTERS

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CHAPTER XI. HIS EXAMINATION

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CHAPTER XII. HIS INTERVIEW WITH HERR GROSSMANN

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CHAPTER XIII. FUGITIVE

PART THREE. MY ASSOCIATION WITH THE WONDER

CHAPTER XIV. HOW I WENT TO PYM TO WRITE A BOOK

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CHAPTER XV. THE INCIPIENCE OF MY SUBJECTION TO THE WONDER

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CHAPTER XVI. THE PROGRESS AND RELAXATION OF MY SUBJECTION

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CHAPTER XVII. RELEASE

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CHAPTER XVIII. IMPLICATIONS

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CHAPTER XIX. EPILOGUE

THE USES OF MYSTERY

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I could not say at which station the woman and her baby entered the train.

Since we had left London, I had been struggling with Baillie's translation of Hegel's "Phenomenology." It was not a book to read among such distracting circumstances as those of a railway journey, but I was eagerly planning a little dissertation of my own at that time, and my work as a journalist gave me little leisure for quiet study.

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There must be many who remember the startling poster that heralded the early editions of the evening papers:

For once sub-editors did not hesitate to give the score on the contents bill. That was a proclamation which would sell. Inside, the headlines were rich and varied. I have an old paper by me, yellow now, and brittle, that may serve as a type for the rest. The headlines are as follows:—

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