Helen Vardon's Confession

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R. Austin Freeman. Helen Vardon's Confession

Helen Vardon's Confession

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PROLOGUE

BOOK I. — TRAGEDY. I. — THE CRACK OF DOOM

II. — ATRA CURA

III. — THE COVENANT

IV. — THE ELEVENTH HOUR

V.— ON THE BRINK

VI. — A MEETING AND A PARTING

VII. — THE TERMS OF RELEASE

VIII. — "WHOM GOD HATH JOINED—"

IX. — TESTIMONY AND COUNSEL

X. — THE TURNING OF THE PAGE

BOOK II. — ROMANCE. XI. — A HARBOUR OF REFUGE

XII. — THE HIDDEN HAND

XIII. — A CRYSTAL-GAZER AND OTHER MATTERS

XIV.— JASPER DAVENANT

XV. — THE MAGIC PENDULUM

XVI. — THE SWEATED ARTIST

XVII.— THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE TITMOUSE

XVIII. — AMONG THE BREAKERS

XIX. — ILLUSIONS AND DISILLUSION

XX.— CLOUD AND SUNSHINE

XXI. — A DREADFUL INHERITANCE

XXII.— THE CATASTROPHE

BOOK III. — CRIME. XXIII. — THE DEAD HAND

XXIV.— THE GATHERING CLOUDS

XXV. — SUSPENSE—AND A DISCOVERY

XXVI. — THE ADJOURNED INQUIRY

XXVII.— THE INDICTMENT

XXVIII. — THE VERDICT

EPILOGUE

THE END

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R. Austin Freeman

Published by Good Press, 2022

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