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Уилки Коллинз. Little Novels
Little Novels
Table of Contents
MRS. ZANT AND THE GHOST
I
MISS MORRIS AND THE STRANGER
I
MR. COSWAY AND THE LANDLADY
I
MR. MEDHURST AND THE PRINCESS
I
MR. LISMORE AND THE WIDOW
I
MISS JEROMETTE AND THE CLERGYMAN
I
MISS MINA AND THE GROOM
I
MR. LEPEL AND THE HOUSEKEEPER
FIRST EPOCH
MR. CAPTAIN AND THE NYMPH
I
MR. MARMADUKE AND THE MINISTER
I
MR. PERCY AND THE PROPHET
PART 1.—THE PREDICTION
CHAPTER I
THE QUACK
CHAPTER II
THE NUMBERS
CHAPTER III
THE CONSULTATION
CHAPTER IV
THE MAN
PART II.—THE FULFILLMENT
CHAPTER V
THE BALLROOM
CHAPTER VI
LOVE
CHAPTER VII
POLITICS
CHAPTER VIII
THE WARNING
CHAPTER IX
OFFICIAL SECRETS
CHAPTER X
THE ELOPEMENT
CHAPTER XI
PURSUIT AND DISCOVERY
MISS BERTHA AND THE YANKEE
MISS DULANE AND MY LORD
Part I
TWO REMONSTRATIONS
Part II
PLATONIC MARRIAGE
Part III
NEWS FROM THE COLONY
Part IV
THE NIGHT NURSE
MR. POLICEMAN AND THE COOK
A FIRST WORD FOR MYSELF
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Wilkie Collins
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Toward evening the parlor-maid appeared at the family tea-table, and presented to her master an unusually large envelope sealed with black wax, and addressed in a strange handwriting. The absence of stamp and postmark showed that it had been left at the house by a messenger.
