If Sinners Entice Thee
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Le Queux William. If Sinners Entice Thee
Chapter One. Zertho
Chapter Two. A Beggar on Horseback
Chapter Three “We must not Marry!”
Chapter Four. Hairpins
Chapter Five. Captain Brooker’s Objection
Chapter Six. Outsiders
Chapter Seven. The Missing Mariette
Chapter Eight. The Promenade des Anglais
Chapter Nine. The Way of Transgressors
Chapter Ten. Mask and Domino
Chapter Eleven. Monte Carlo
Chapter Twelve. Liane’s Secret
Chapter Thirteen. Lip-Salve
Chapter Fourteen. A Woman’s Story
Chapter Fifteen. Held in Bondage
Chapter Sixteen. The Golden Hand
Chapter Seventeen. The House of the Wicked
Chapter Eighteen. Sinned Against
Chapter Nineteen. The Miniature
Chapter Twenty. At Cross Lane
Chapter Twenty One. Red and Black
Chapter Twenty Two. Conclusion
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Sir John Stratfield, of Stratfield Court, lay dying on that afternoon. For years he had been a confirmed invalid, and in the morning the two renowned doctors who had been telegraphed for from London had declared his recovery impossible. The Court, a fine old pile with grey time-worn walls half-hidden by ivy, stood in its spacious park about a mile from Stratfield Mortimer, on the hill between that village and Burghfield.
As the rays of crimson sunset slanted in through the one unshaded window there was a profound stillness in the sick-room. At the bedside stood four solemn-faced men, patiently watching for the end. The spark of life flickered on, and now and then the dying man uttered words low and indistinct. Two of the men were doctors, the third Richard Harrison, of the firm of Harrison and James, solicitors, of Bedford Row, and the fourth George Stratfield, the Baronet’s younger son.
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“A moment ago you said you were a friend of my father’s. Surely if you are you will not keep me in suspense regarding my future.”
“Suspense is entirely unnecessary,” answered the lawyer, his sphinx-like face relaxing into a cold smile.
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