Deluge

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S. Fowler Wright. Deluge

Deluge

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PRELUDE

BOOK I. MARTIN AND HELEN

[II]

[III]

[IV]

BOOK II. CLAIRE

[II]

[III]

[IV]

[V]

[VI]

[VII]

[VIII]

BOOK III. MARTIN AND CLAIRE

[II]

[III]

[IV]

[V]

[VI]

[VII]

[VIII]

[IX]

[X]

[XI]

BOOK IV. HELEN AND CLAIRE

[II]

[III]

[IV]

[V]

[VI]

[VII]

[VIII]

[IX]

[X]

BOOK V. THREE

[II]

[III]

[IV]

[V]

[VI]

[VII]

[VIII]

[IX]

[X]

[XI]

[XII]

[XIII]

[XIV]

[XV]

[XVI]

[XVII]

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S. Fowler Wright

Published by Good Press, 2021

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While he did this he regained the nervous control that he had almost lost, and decided that it would be cowardly to return without making a further search. He had no doubt that he had left his family in safety. It was not his presence which they would need, but the things which he could find for their food and comfort.

He crossed another field, and came in sight of a farmhouse that was still burning. Avoiding this, he crossed a hollow, beyond which he thought he saw the thatched roof of a cottage. It proved to be no more than a deserted cattle-shed which the storm had spared, as though in derision. As he entered it, a hen ran cackling between his feet. He found a nest and several eggs.

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