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Mazo de la Roche. The Whiteoak Brothers
The Whiteoak Brothers
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. JALNA, 1923
CHAPTER 2. INDIGO LAKE
CHAPTER 3. AWAKENING OF SPRING
CHAPTER 4. A RISE IN STOCKS
CHAPTER 5. THE POWER OF ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 6. ROOM FOR SCOPE
CHAPTER 7. A SECRET AMONG THEM
CHAPTER 8. LEARNING
CHAPTER 9. AUNT AUGUSTA AND DILLY
CHAPTER 10. MORE INVESTORS
CHAPTER 11. DILLY
CHAPTER 12. PHEASANT
CHAPTER 13. THE VEGETARIAN
CHAPTER 14. THE FALLING LEAVES
CHAPTER 15. THE FALLING STOCKS
CHAPTER 16. WAKEFIELD’S DAY
CHAPTER 17. AFTER THE SHOW
CHAPTER 18. THE BUBBLE BURST
CHAPTER 19. SCENES AT NIGHT
CHAPTER 20. PAYING THE PIPER
CHAPTER 21. SKATING
CHAPTER 22. THE REGAINING OF EQUILIBRIUM
CHAPTER 23. THE WINTER MOVES ON
CHAPTER 24. INDOOR SPORT
CHAPTER 25. NOTHING COULD BE FAIRER
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Mazo de la Roche
Whiteoaks of Jalna
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Finch brought logs from the basement, labouring up the stairs with them, as though they were made of lead. Outside his grandmother’s bedroom, which was opposite the dining-room, he hesitated, wondering whether or not she would remember his birthday. Well, she made a great fuss over her own. Surely she might give a thought to other people’s. As his eyes rested speculatively on the door, the rappings of her stick sounded on the bedroom floor, and she called out—“Come in!”
He could not very well go to her with his arms full of logs, yet there was that peremptory note in her voice which took for granted that you would run at her bidding. He stood still, wondering what to do.
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