The Maids of Paradise

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Robert W. Chambers. The Maids of Paradise

The Maids of Paradise

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PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

PART FIRST

THE MAIDS OF PARADISE

I

AT THE TELEGRAPH

II

THE GOVERNMENT INTERFERES

III

LA TRAPPE

IV

PRISONERS

V

THE IMMORTALS

VI

THE GAME BEGINS

VII

A STRUGGLE FORESHADOWED

VIII

A MAN TO LET

PART SECOND

IX

THE ROAD TO PARADISE

X

THE TOWN-CRIER

XI

IN CAMP

XII

JACQUELINE

XIII

FRIENDS

XIV

THE PATH OF THE LIZARD

XV

FOREWARNED

XVI

A RESTLESS MAN

XVII

THE CIRCUS

PART THIRD

XVIII

A GUEST-CHAMBER

XIX

TRÉCOURT GARDEN

XX

THE SEMAPHORE

XXI

LIKE HER ANCESTORS

XXII

THE SECRET

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Robert W. Chambers

Published by Good Press, 2019

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There was a small company of people gathered at a table which stood in the cool shadows of the château’s eastern wing. Towards these people my companion directed her steps; I saw her bend close to the ear of a young girl who had already turned to look at me. At the same instant a heavily built, handsome man pushed back his chair and stood up, regarding me steadily through his spectacles, one hand grasping the back of the seat from which he had risen.

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