The Delafield Affair
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Kelly Florence Finch. The Delafield Affair
CHAPTER I. VENGEANCE AVOWED
CHAPTER II. THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
CHAPTER III. MISTAKE, OR BLUNDER?
CHAPTER IV. THE POWERS CONFER
CHAPTER V. CHASTISEMENT CONDIGN
CHAPTER VI. A STERN CHASE
CHAPTER VII. TALK OF MANY THINGS
CHAPTER VIII. SPECTRES OF THE PAST
CHAPTER IX. PERILS IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER X. BY A HAIR’S BREADTH
CHAPTER XI. BATTLING THE ELEMENTS
CHAPTER XII. THE FIRST SHOT
CHAPTER XIII. THE SECOND SHOT
CHAPTER XIV. THREE LETTERS
CHAPTER XV. VILLAINY UNMASKED
CHAPTER XVI. A DOUBLE BLUFF
CHAPTER XVII. SENTENCE OF DEATH
CHAPTER XVIII. PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS
CHAPTER XIX. THE WORD UNSPOKEN
CHAPTER XX. NARROWING THE QUEST
CHAPTER XXI. THE SILENT DUEL
CHAPTER XXII. REFLECTION AND REACTION
CHAPTER XXIII. LOVE TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HEAVENS OPEN
CHAPTER XXV. FULFILMENT OF THE LAW
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Lucy Bancroft and her father were unusually silent as they drove toward home. After an effort to chatter gayly she grew quiet – to her father’s surprise, for she was ordinarily a vivacious companion. Speculating uneasily whether or not she had heard Conrad’s story, and reassuring himself that it could mean nothing to her in any event, he made several efforts to draw her into speech. But she answered with her mind so evidently intent elsewhere that he gave up the attempt. The fear grew on him that she had overheard the conversation and that it had left an undue impression on her mind.
A mirage of singularly perfect illusion lay across the plain to their left, and he drew her attention to its silvery surface, the trees bordering its unreal banks, the cattle standing knee-deep in its waters, and the steamboat puffing across its breast. Lucy admired and wondered for a moment, then turned the other way and looked back at the green tree clusters and white buildings of the ranch they had left. Her gaze lingered there until they crossed the hill, and its summit hid the scene from view.
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“Well, then, if you will promise to induce him to remain neutral during this campaign.”
“Yes; I will promise that, and I will give you the five hundred dollars.”
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