A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark

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Louisa May Alcott. A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark

A Modern Mephistopheles, and A Whisper in the Dark

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A WHISPER IN THE DARK

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Louisa May Alcott

Published by Good Press, 2021

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“For twenty! Sir, you have been most kind and generous, and this month has seemed like heaven, after the bitter want you took me from. Let me show gratitude by faithful service, if I can,” exclaimed the young man, coming to stand before his master, as he chose to call his benefactor, for favors were no burden yet.

“No thanks, I do it for my own pleasure. It is not every one who can have antique beauty in flesh and blood as well as marble; I have a fancy to keep my handsome secretary as the one ornament my library lacked before.”

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