Hard Pressed
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White Fred Merrick. Hard Pressed
CHAPTER I. A MODERN SPORTSMAN
CHAPTER II. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER III. A LIVING FORTUNE
CHAPTER IV. A GREAT TEMPTATION
CHAPTER V. THE SHADOW OF DOUBT
CHAPTER VI. A TRIAL SPIN ON THE DOWNS
CHAPTER VII. A LEAF FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER VIII. ROGUES IN COUNCIL
CHAPTER IX. IN THE TOILS
CHAPTER X. CONFESSION
CHAPTER XI. ON THE EDGE
CHAPTER XII. A LION IN THE PATH
CHAPTER XIII "AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN"
CHAPTER XIV. THE POST CLUB
CHAPTER XV. JOLLY & CO
CHAPTER XVI. THE NOOK
CHAPTER XVII. A FAIR DAY'S SPORT
CHAPTER XVIII. AN EVENING VISIT
CHAPTER XIX. THE EMPTY HOUSE
CHAPTER XX. INSIDE
CHAPTER XXI. THE EAVESDROPPERS
CHAPTER XXII. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXIII. A CHANGE OF AIR
CHAPTER XXIV. A STRANGE VISITOR
CHAPTER XXV. THE DERELICT
CHAPTER XXVI. A SECOND TRIAL
CHAPTER XXVII. DRIVING IT HOME
CHAPTER XXVIII. HONOUR BRIGHT
CHAPTER XXIX. ACTING THE FRIEND
CHAPTER XXX. AN ULTIMATUM
CHAPTER XXXI. A POINT-BLANK REFUSAL
CHAPTER XXXII. AN EASY FALL
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE FIVE BASKETS
CHAPTER XXXIV. NO. 5
CHAPTER XXXV. A POISONOUS ATMOSPHERE
CHAPTER XXXVI. FIELDEN INTERVENES
CHAPTER XXXVII. BETWEEN TWO FIRES
CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOOSENING THE GRIP
CHAPTER XXXIX. A DRAMATIC EXIT
CHAPTER XL. CAUGHT!
CHAPTER XLI. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XLII. FIRST PAST THE POST
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MEANWHILE, Sir George and his daughter were waiting impatiently for Copley. As they stood, the fashionable stream hurried by them. The road outside was crammed with cabs and 'buses and motors, for all the theatres were discharging their audiences. The street was one seething mass when Copley joined his friends. They pressed together towards the pavement, and Copley could scarcely conceal his annoyance that his car was not in attendance. He supposed there was some misunderstanding and suggested that it would save time if they took a cab.
"We might have some difficulty in getting two cabs," he said. "One of us had better walk."
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"It would be difficult to tell," he said. "In the first place, I tried Australia. But things were worse there than they are here. America I could not stand at any price; then I went to South Africa, where I managed to starve. I had one slice of fortune, but was cruelly used by a man I trusted. And now, if it be possible, I am poorer than ever. I am trying to get employment at a stud farm or racing stable. It is the only thing I really know."
May Haredale listened with trembling lips. Raymond Copley would have been surprised had he seen the expression on her face. He might have been uneasy, too.
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