Burning Sands
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Weigall Arthur Edward Pearse Brome. Burning Sands
CHAPTER I – A STUDY IN BEHAVIOUR
CHAPTER II – THE FREEDOM OF THE DESERT
CHAPTER III – THE WORLD AND THE FLESH
CHAPTER IV – A JACKAL IN A VILLAGE
CHAPTER V – FAMILY AFFAIRS
CHAPTER VI – TOWARDS THE SUNSET
CHAPTER VII – THE DESERT AND THE CITY
CHAPTER VIII – THE ACCOMPLICE
CHAPTER IX – ON THE NILE
CHAPTER X – “FOR TOMORROW WE DIE”
CHAPTER XI – THE OASIS IN THE DESERT
CHAPTER XII – THE HELPMATE
CHAPTER XIII – THE NEW LIFE
CHAPTER XIV – THE COURT PHILOSOPHER
CHAPTER XV – A BALL AT THE GENERAL’S
CHAPTER XVI – AT CHRISTMASTIDE
CHAPTER XVII – DESTINY
CHAPTER XVIII – MAN AND WOMAN
CHAPTER XIX – THE SEEDS OF SORROW
CHAPTER XX – PRIVATE INTERESTS
CHAPTER XXI – THE CLASH
CHAPTER XXII – THE CALL OF THE DESERT
CHAPTER XXIII – THE NATURE OF WOMEN
CHAPTER XXIV – THE GREAT ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XXV – BREAKING LOOSE
CHAPTER XXVI – THE STOLEN HOUR
CHAPTER XXVII – THE FLIGHT
CHAPTER XXVIII – THE SURPRISING FORTNIGHT
CHAPTER XXIX – IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH
CHAPTER XXX – THE REVOLT
CHAPTER XXXI – PAYING THE PRICE
CHAPTER XXXII – THINKING THINGS OVER
CHAPTER XXXIII – THE RETURN
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Lord Blair rose from his chair as the door opened, and removed from his thin, furtive nose a pair of large horn-rimmed spectacles which he always wore when quite alone in his study.
“Come in, come in, my dear Mr. Lane,” he exclaimed, taking a few blithe steps forward and shaking his visitor warmly by the hand. “I’m very well, thank you, very well indeed, and so are you, I see. That’s right, that’s good, – splendid! Dear me, what physique! What a picture of health! How did you get here so quickly? – do take a seat, do be seated. Yes, yes, to be sure! Have a cigar? Now, where did I put my cigars?”
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He called Muriel to him, who replied somewhat coldly that she had already met Mr. Lane.
“Really?” exclaimed his Lordship. “Splendid, capital!”
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