The Brightener
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Williamson Charles Norris. The Brightener
PREFACE
BOOK I. THE YACHT
CHAPTER I. DOWN AND OUT
CHAPTER II. UP AND IN
CHAPTER III. THUNDERBOLT SIX
CHAPTER IV. THE BLACK THING IN THE SEA
CHAPTER V. WHAT I FOUND IN MY CABIN
CHAPTER VI. THE WOMAN OF THE PAST
CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET BEHIND THE SILENCE
CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT SURPRISE
CHAPTER IX. THE GAME OF BLUFF
BOOK II. THE HOUSE WITH THE TWISTED CHIMNEY
CHAPTER I. THE SHELL-SHOCK MAN
CHAPTER II. THE ADVERTISEMENT
CHAPTER III. THE LETTER WITH THE PURPLE SEAL
CHAPTER IV. THE TANGLED WEB
CHAPTER V. THE KNITTING WOMAN OF DUN MOAT
CHAPTER VI. THE LIGHTNING STROKE
CHAPTER VII. THE RED BAIZE DOOR
CHAPTER VIII "WHEN IN DOUBT, PLAY A TRUMP"
CHAPTER IX. THE RAT TRAP
BOOK III. THE DARK VEIL
CHAPTER I. THE GIRL WITH THE LETTER
CHAPTER II. THE HERMIT
CHAPTER III. THE CHAIR AT THE SAVOY
CHAPTER IV. THE SPIRIT OF JUNE
CHAPTER V. THE BARGAIN
CHAPTER VI. THE LAST SÉANCE
BOOK IV. THE MYSTERY OF MRS. BRANDRETH
CHAPTER I. THE MAN IN THE CUSHIONED CHAIR
CHAPTER II. MRS. BRANDRETH
CHAPTER III. THE CONDITION SHE MADE
CHAPTER IV. THE OLD LOVE STORY
CHAPTER V. THE MAN WITH THE BRILLIANT EYES
CHAPTER VI. THE PICTURES
CHAPTER VII. SIR BEVERLEY'S IMPRESSIONS
CHAPTER VIII. WHILE WE WAITED
CHAPTER IX. THE GOOD NEWS
CHAPTER X. THE CLIMAX
CHAPTER XI. WHAT GABY TOLD
CHAPTER XII. THE WOMAN IN THE THEATRE
CHAPTER XIII. MRS. BRANDRETH'S STORY
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"I wonder who will tell her," I heard somebody say, just outside the arbour.
The somebody was a woman; and the somebody else who answered was a man. "Glad it won't be me!" he replied, ungrammatically.
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"I was sure something horrid would happen!" she whispered. "It was too good to be true that Roger and I should have a whole, heavenly week together on board a yacht. Now we shall have to wait till the weather clears. Or else be sea-sick. I don't know which is worse!"
Roger met us, in torrents of rain and gusts of wind, at Plymouth. But things were not so black as they looked. He had engaged rooms for everyone, and a private salon for us all, at the best hotel. We would stay the night and have a dance, with a band of our own. By the next day the sea would have calmed down enough to please the worst of sailors, and we would start. Perhaps we could even get off in the morning.
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