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William Le Queux. As We Forgive Them
As We Forgive Them
Table of Contents
Preface
From the Author to the Reader
Chapter One
The Stranger in Manchester
Chapter Two
Contains Certain Mysterious Facts
Chapter Three
In Which a Strange Story is Told
Chapter Four
Which Traverses Dangerous Ground
Chapter Five
In which the Mystery Becomes Considerably Increased
Chapter Six
Concerns Three Capital A’s
Chapter Seven
The Mysterious Foreigner
Chapter Eight
In which the Truth is Spoken
Chapter Nine
The House of Silence
Chapter Ten
The Man of Secrets
Chapter Eleven
Which Explains the Peril of Mabel Blair
Chapter Twelve
Mr Richard Dawson
Chapter Thirteen
Burton Blair’s Secret is Revealed
Chapter Fourteen
Gives an Expert Opinion
Chapter Fifteen
Certain Things we Found at Mayvill
Chapter Sixteen
In which Two Curious Facts are Established
Chapter Seventeen
Merely Concerns a Stranger
Chapter Eighteen
The Crossways at Owston
Chapter Nineteen
Which Contains a Clue
Chapter Twenty
The Reading of the Record
Chapter Twenty One
“Worse than Death.”
Chapter Twenty Two
The Mystery of a Night’s Adventure
Chapter Twenty Three
Which is in Many Ways Amazing
Chapter Twenty Four
Contains a Terrible Disclosure
Chapter Twenty Five
The Sacred Name
Chapter Twenty Six
Face to Face
Chapter Twenty Seven
The Directions of His Eminence
Chapter Twenty Eight
Describes a Startling Discovery
Chapter Twenty Nine
In which a Strange Tale is Told
Chapter Thirty
The Motive and the Moral
Chapter Thirty One
Conclusion
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William Le Queux
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Then, as I drew near, I saw huddled upon a heap of stones at the roadside the slim, fragile form of a young girl of about sixteen, wrapped in a thick, dark-coloured cloak, while in the glimmer of light that remained I distinguished that the man who was addressing me was a bluff, rather well-spoken, dark-bearded fellow of about forty-five or so, in a frayed suit of blue serge and peaked cap that gave him something of the appearance of a seafarer. His face was seamed and weatherbeaten, and his broad, powerful jaws betokened a strength of character and dogged determination.
“Has your daughter been taken ill?” I inquired, when I had thoroughly examined him.
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