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Louis Joseph Vance. The Destroying Angel
The Destroying Angel
Table of Contents
I
DOOM
II
THE LAST STRAW
III
"MRS. MORTEN"
IV
MRS. WHITAKER
V
WILFUL MISSING
VI
CURTAIN
Theatre Max. SARA LAW'S. FAREWELL
Her eyes fastened, dilating, upon his. The scene faltered perceptibly
VII
THE LATE EXTRA
LATEST EXTRA. TRAGIC SUICIDE IN HARLEM RIVER
VIII
A HISTORY
IX
ENTR'ACTE
X
THE WINDOW
XI
THE SPY
XII
THE MOUSE-TRAP
XIII
OFFSHORE
XIV
DÉBÂCLE
Whitaker felt land beneath his feet
XV
DISCLOSURES
XVI
THE BEACON
XVII
DISCOVERY
XVIII
BLIGHT
XIX
CAPITULATION
XX
TEMPERAMENTAL
JULES MAX. begs to announce the return of. SARA LAW. in a new Comedy entitled Faith. by JULES MAX. Theatre MAX—Friday October 15th
"I do not love you. You are mad to think it"
XXI
BLACK OUT
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Louis Joseph Vance
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Even while these thoughts were running through his mind, he was gathering the slight young body into his arms; and he found it really astonishingly easy to rise and bear her to the bed, where he put her down flat on her back, without a pillow. Then turning to his hand-bag, he opened it and produced a small, leather-bound flask of brandy; a little of which would go far toward shattering her syncope, he fancied.
It did, in fact; a few drops between her half-parted lips, and she came to with disconcerting rapidity, opening dazed eyes in the middle of a spasm of coughing. He stepped back, stoppering the flask.
