The Fifth Wheel

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Olive Higgins Prouty. The Fifth Wheel

The Fifth Wheel

Table of Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE FIFTH WHEEL

CHAPTER I

RUTH VARS COMES OUT

CHAPTER II

BRECKENRIDGE SEWALL

CHAPTER III

EPISODE OF A SMALL DOG

CHAPTER IV

A BACK-SEASON DÉBUTANTE

CHAPTER V

THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL

CHAPTER VI

BRECK SEWALL AGAIN

CHAPTER VII

THE MILLIONS WIN

CHAPTER VIII

THE HORSE SHOW

CHAPTER IX

CATASTROPHE

CHAPTER X

A UNIVERSITY TOWN

CHAPTER XI

A WALK IN THE RAIN

CHAPTER XII

A DINNER PARTY

CHAPTER XIII

LUCY TAKES UP THE NARRATIVE

CHAPTER XIV

BOB TURNS OUT A CONSERVATIVE

"'Men seem to want to make just nice soft pussy-cats out of us, with. ribbons round our necks, and hear us purr'"—Page 129

CHAPTER XV

ANOTHER CATASTROPHE

CHAPTER XVI

A FAMILY CONFERENCE

CHAPTER XVII

RUTH GOES TO NEW YORK

CHAPTER XVIII

A YEAR LATER

"Straight ahead she gazed; straight ahead she rode; unafraid, eager, hopeful; the flag her only staff"—Page 170

CHAPTER XIX

RUTH RESUMES HER OWN STORY

CHAPTER XX

THE FIFTH WHEEL GAINS WINGS

CHAPTER XXI

IN THE SEWALL MANSION

"I was the only one in her whole establishment whom she wasn't. obliged to treat as a servant and menial"—Page 203

CHAPTER XXII

THE PARADE

CHAPTER XXIII

AN ENCOUNTER WITH BRECK

CHAPTER XXIV

THE OPEN DOOR

CHAPTER XXV

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

CHAPTER XXVI

THE POT OF GOLD

CHAPTER XXVII

VAN DE VERE'S

CHAPTER XXVIII

A CALL FROM BOB JENNINGS

CHAPTER XXIX

LONGINGS

CHAPTER XXX

AGAIN LUCY NARRATES

CHAPTER XXXI

RUTH DRAWS CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER XXXII

BOB DRAWS CONCLUSIONS TOO

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Olive Higgins Prouty

A Novel

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"I'll tell you who I am fast enough. Glad to. Get in, and we will run up to the Club and get introduced, if that's what you want."

"Oh, it isn't!" she assured him. "I just prefer to walk—that's all. Thank you very much."

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