Second String. Anthony Hope
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Название: Second String
Автор: Anthony Hope
Издательство: Bookwire
Жанр: Языкознание
isbn: 4064066205874
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Anthony Hope
Second String
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4064066205874
Table of Contents
HOME AGAIN.
A VERY LITTLE HUNTING.
THE POTENT VOICE.
SETTLED PROGRAMMES.
BROADENING LIFE.
THE WORLDS OF MERITON.
ENTERING FOR THE RACE.
WONDERFUL WORDS.
"INTERJECTION."
FRIENDS IN NEED.
THE SHAWL BY THE WINDOW.
CONCERNING A STOLEN KISS.
A LOVER LOOKS PALE.
SAVING THE NATION.
LOVE AND FEAR.
A CHOICE OF EVILS.
REFORMATION.
PENITENCE AND PROBLEMS.
MARKED MONEY.
NO GOOD?
THE EMPTY PLACE.
GRUBBING AWAY.
A STOP-GAP.
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME!
THE LAST FIGHT.
TALES OUT OF SCHOOL FOR ONCE.
NOT OF HIS SEEKING.
Chapter I.
HOME AGAIN.
Jack Rock stood in his shop in High Street. He was not very often to be seen there nowadays; he bred and bought, but he no longer killed, and rarely sold, in person. These latter and lesser functions he left to his deputy, Simpson, for he had gradually developed a bye-trade which took up much of his time, and was no less profitable than his ostensible business. He bought horses, "made" them into hunters, and sold them again. He was a rare judge and a fine rider, and his heart was in this line of work.
However to-day he was in his shop because the Christmas beef was on show. Here were СКАЧАТЬ