The Cardinal Moth
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White Fred Merrick. The Cardinal Moth
CHAPTER I. FLOWERS OF BLOOD
CHAPTER II. ANGELA
CHAPTER III. CROSSED SWORDS
CHAPTER IV. A DUSKY POTENTATE
CHAPTER V. AN INTERRUPTED FEAST
CHAPTER VI. A BIT OF THE ROPE
CHAPTER VII. A GRIP OF STEEL
CHAPTER VIII. THE WEAKER VESSEL
CHAPTER IX. A WORD TO THE WISE
CHAPTER X. A WORD TO THE WISE
CHAPTER XI. BORROWED PLUMES
CHAPTER XII. A MODEL HUSBAND
CHAPTER XIII. THE QUEEN OF THE RUBIES
CHAPTER XIV "UNEASY LIES THE HEAD – "
CHAPTER XV. HUNT THE SLIPPER
CHAPTER XVI. DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XVII. A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER XVIII. A DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE
CHAPTER XIX. WHAT DID SHE MEAN?
CHAPTER XX. CHECK TO FROBISHER
CHAPTER XXI. DENVERS LEARNS SOMETHING
CHAPTER XXII. STRANDS OF THE ROPE
CHAPTER XXIII. A LUNCH AT THE BELGRAVE
CHAPTER XXIV. A WOMAN'S WAY
CHAPTER XXV. A STRIKING LIKENESS
CHAPTER XXVI. A BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR
CHAPTER XXVII. MRS. BENSTEIN INTERVENES
CHAPTER XXVIII. NEMESIS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE TIGHTENED CORD
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Frobisher sat the following morning in the orchid-house chuckling to himself and waiting the advent of his two guests to luncheon. Heaven alone could follow the twists and turns of that cunning brain. Frobisher was working out one of his most brilliant schemes now. He took infinite pains to obtain by underground passages the things he might have obtained openly and easily. But there was the delight of puzzling other people.
He looked up presently, conscious of a presence beyond his own. In the dark Frobisher could always tell if anybody came into the room. He crooked his wicked head sideways with the air of a connoisseur, and in sooth there was good cause for his admiration. Here was something equal at least to his most beautiful and cherished orchids, a tall, graceful girl with shining brown hair, and eyes of the deepest, purest blue. Her complexion was like old ivory, and as pure, the nose a little short, perhaps, but the sweet mouth was full of strength and character.
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"The thing is absolutely impossible, my dear fellow!"
"Not at all. There is a much smaller Moth growing side by side with the larger one. I found that out to-night. You have only to snap off a small piece of cork and unwind the stems. Then you hurry off to my place with it and put it amongst my orchids. The old man does not expect anything beyond a small plant; those we had before were babies compared to the one yonder. Then we get the Shan round the next day and give him the vegetable. I shall have the concession ready. And it's any money Frobisher never knows how he has been done."
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