The False Faces

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Louis Joseph Vance. The False Faces

The False Faces

Table of Contents

I

OUT OF NO MAN'S LAND

II

FROM A BRITISH PORT

III

IN THE BARRED ZONE

IV

IN DEEP WATERS

V

ON THE BANKS

VI

UNDER SUSPICION

VII

IN STATEROOM 29

VIII

OFF NANTUCKET

IX

SUB SEA

X

AT BASE

XI

UNDER THE ROSE

XII

RESURRECTION

XIII

REINCARNATION

XIV

DEFAMATION

XV

RECOGNITION

XVI

AU PRINTEMPS

XVII

FINESSE

XVIII

DANSE MACABRE

XIX

FORCE MAJEURE

XX

RIPOSTE

XXI

QUESTION

XXII

CHICANE

XXIII

AMNESTY

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Louis Joseph Vance

Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf

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A preoccupied company assembled in the dining saloon for what might be its last meal. In the shadow of the general apprehension, conversation languished; expressions of relief on the part of those who had been loudest in complaining at the delays were notably unheard; even Crane, Lanyard's nearest neighbour at table, was abnormally subdued. Reviewing that array of sobered and anxious faces, Lanyard remarked—not for the first time, but with renewed gratitude—that in all the roster of passengers none were children and but two were women: the American widow of an English officer and her very English daughter, an angular and superior spinster.

Avoiding the customary post-prandial symposium in the smoking room, Lanyard slipped away with his cigar for a lonely turn on deck.

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