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L. T. Meade. On the Brink of a Chasm: A record of plot and passion
On the Brink of a Chasm: A record of plot and passion
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. UNDONE
CHAPTER II. A MAN’S REVENGE
CHAPTER III “THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG.”
CHAPTER IV. A POST OBIT
CHAPTER V “I HAVE MISJUDGED HIM.”
CHAPTER VI. THE KISS
CHAPTER VII. THE CAUSE OF DEATH
CHAPTER VIII. THE LONG TRUNK
CHAPTER IX. THE DEAD RESTORED
CHAPTER X “DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.”
CHAPTER XI. A TELEGRAM
CHAPTER XII. A CRAFTY OLD LADY
CHAPTER XIII. THE DIE CAST
CHAPTER XIV. BLACK MISCHIEF
CHAPTER XV. DICK’S SECRET
CHAPTER XVI. THE WRONG MEDICINE
CHAPTER XVII. MRS. PELHAM
CHAPTER XVIII “TARBOT WILL TELL ME.”
CHAPTER XIX “‘SCOUNDREL!’ HE SAID.”
CHAPTER XX. THE PRICE OF HIS SIN
CHAPTER XXI “HONOR BRIGHT.”
CHAPTER XXII “YOUR EYES ARE BIG AND BRIGHT.”
CHAPTER XXIII. WITH THE DOCTORS
CHAPTER XXIV. THE LITTLE WOMAN IN BLACK
CHAPTER XXV “THERE’S A CRUEL SIN SOMEWHERE.”
CHAPTER XXVI. NOT IN THE BARGAIN
CHAPTER XXVII. A BLACK CRIME
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE “PELHAM ARMS.”
CHAPTER XXIX. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XXX. THE BOLT
CHAPTER XXXI. GONE
CHAPTER XXXII. BARBARA HEARS STARTLING NEWS
CHAPTER XXXIII. A MOMENT OF TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE LAST STRAW
CHAPTER XXXV. ACE OF TRUMPS
CHAPTER XXXVI. SIR PIERS
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L. T. Meade
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Not yet, not for a moment. Your love will come. Promise to marry me, if not for my sake, for your mother’s. Oh, Barbara, Miss Evershed—it does not matter what I call you—you will never repent it. If you were my wife, I should be a good man. I do not pretend that I am good now; I am just a desperate fellow, but full of love for you. Have you not been the star which I have set before me since I was a lad? Say you will marry me; say it—you will never regret it. If you do not there will be mischief. Oh, Barbara, do not give me up. Barbara, I shall go down, I shall sink, I shall be ruined, if you refuse me.”
“I am sorry for you,” she said; “you must try and get over this. But you have had my answer; I cannot say anything different.”
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