The Destroying Angel

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Vance Louis Joseph. The Destroying Angel

I. DOOM

II. THE LAST STRAW

III "MRS. MORTEN"

IV. MRS. WHITAKER

V. WILFUL MISSING

VI. CURTAIN

VII. THE LATE EXTRA

VIII. A HISTORY

IX. ENTR'ACTE

X. THE WINDOW

XI. THE SPY

XII. THE MOUSE-TRAP

XIII. OFFSHORE

XIV. DÉBÂCLE

XV. DISCLOSURES

XVI. THE BEACON

XVII. DISCOVERY

XVIII. BLIGHT

XIX. CAPITULATION

XX. TEMPERAMENTAL

XXI. BLACK OUT

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Greyerson was right in his surmise as to Hugh Whitaker's emotions. His soul still numb with shock, his mind was altogether preoccupied with petulant resentment of the unfairness of it all; on the surface of the stunning knowledge that he might count on no more than six months of life, floated this thin film of sensation of personal grievance. He had done nothing to deserve this. The sheer brutality of it…

He felt very shaky indeed.

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"Good Lord!" he murmured beneath his breath, awed by the pitiful, childish simplicity of her confession and the deep damnation that had waited upon her.

"So it's over!" she cried – "over, and I've learned my lesson, and I'm disgraced forever, and friendless and – "

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