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Max Marcin. The Substitute Prisoner
The Substitute Prisoner
Table of Contents
Mrs. Collins
THE SUBSTITUTE PRISONER
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
He looked about him in a bewildered way
CHAPTER VI
She felt herself seized with a desire to weep
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
She did not repel the arm he put around her waist
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Max Marcin
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"What do you mean?" A puzzled look appeared in her face.
"I didn't tell you before, because I thought it would never be necessary to do so," he went on, growing more nervous and uneasy. "But little by little I put all our money into the South American Developing Company which I promoted, and the enterprise is a failure. Moreover, I induced most of the clients of the bank to invest—I grow sick every time I contemplate what's going to happen when they learn that their money is lost. But there was nothing dishonest, sis—nothing dishonest!"
