The House of Dreams-Come-True. Margaret Pedler
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Название: The House of Dreams-Come-True
Автор: Margaret Pedler
Издательство: Bookwire
Жанр: Языкознание
isbn: 4064066199692
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Margaret Pedler
The House of Dreams-Come-True
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066199692
Table of Contents
CHAPTER III—THE STRANGER ON THE ICE
CHAPTER VII—WHICH DEALS WITH REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER VIII—THE MAN FROM MONTAVAN
CHAPTER IX—THE MASTER OF STAPLE
CHAPTER X—OTHER PEOPLE’S TROUBLES
CHAPTER XI—“THE SINS OF THE FATHERS”
CHAPTER XIII—“WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOUR?”
CHAPTER XV—LADY ANNE’S DISCLOSURE
CHAPTER XVII—IN THE ROSE GARDEN
CHAPTER XX—THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE
CHAPTER XXII—“WILLING OR UNWILLING!”
CHAPTER XXIII—ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
CHAPTER XXIV—AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER XXV—ARRANGED BY TELEPHONE
CHAPTER XXVI—MOONLIGHT ON THE MOOR
CHAPTER XXVIII—THEY WHO WAITED
CHAPTER XXXI—AN UNWELCOME VISITOR
CHAPTER XXXII—THE DIVIDING SWORD
CHAPTER XXXIII—THE RETURNING TIDE
CHAPTER XXXV—THE EVE OF DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XXXVII—“AN HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS”
CHAPTER I—THE WANDER-FEVER
THE great spaces of the hall seemed to slope away into impenetrable gloom; velvet darkness deepening imperceptibly into sable density of panelled wall; huge, smoke-blackened beams, stretching wide arms across the roof, showing only as a dim lattice-work of ebony, fretting the shadowy twilight overhead.
At the furthermost end, like a giant golden eye winking sleepily through the dark, smouldered a fire of logs, and near this, in the luminous circle of its warmth, a man and woman were seated at a table lit by tall wax candles in branched candlesticks. With its twinkling points of light, and the fire’s red glow quivering across its shining surface, the table gleamed out like a jewel in a sombre setting—a vivid splash of light in the grey immensity of dusk-enfolded hall.
Dinner was evidently just over, for the candlelight shone softly СКАЧАТЬ