The Relentless CurrentG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 324 էջ |
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... a flash of lightning . He listened ! Surely he heard a choking sob or groan from that same room . In a moment he had tried the door and , finding that it was not locked , he pushed it open . As he stepped A Cry in the Night 23.
... a flash of lightning . He listened ! Surely he heard a choking sob or groan from that same room . In a moment he had tried the door and , finding that it was not locked , he pushed it open . As he stepped A Cry in the Night 23.
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... heard the coroner ask who found the body - so he was dead , poor wretch ! He answered that he was the first to find it , and he found himself speaking in the same hoarse whisper , as if his throat were paralysed . He noted that the two ...
... heard the coroner ask who found the body - so he was dead , poor wretch ! He answered that he was the first to find it , and he found himself speaking in the same hoarse whisper , as if his throat were paralysed . He noted that the two ...
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... heard a cry , just as these other men did , and I was aghast to find what lies on that bed . I know no more than they do about the thing . " " That's all very well and good . that at the right time and prove it . You can say Just now we ...
... heard a cry , just as these other men did , and I was aghast to find what lies on that bed . I know no more than they do about the thing . " " That's all very well and good . that at the right time and prove it . You can say Just now we ...
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... hotel , however , had heard strange sounds through the somewhat thin walls of the room and forced their way into the chamber in time to catch the murderer leaning over his victim and trying to draw the knife 54 The Relentless Current.
... hotel , however , had heard strange sounds through the somewhat thin walls of the room and forced their way into the chamber in time to catch the murderer leaning over his victim and trying to draw the knife 54 The Relentless Current.
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... heard they sometimes did . It was probably a mere chance that this man had chosen the name that meant so much to her . Perhaps her cable had been premature . What if Jack knew nothing of this wild report ? He would think the words ...
... heard they sometimes did . It was probably a mere chance that this man had chosen the name that meant so much to her . Perhaps her cable had been premature . What if Jack knew nothing of this wild report ? He would think the words ...
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Էջ 49 - Wommn, .• wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?
Էջ 207 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me ! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark ! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Էջ 196 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Էջ 324 - THE END A Selection from the Catalogue of GP PUTNAM'S SONS Complete Catalogue sent on application A Commentary " None, we are sure, will finish this book without being stirred to some thought and sympathy of the life beyond their life.
Էջ 91 - Bar," rang out the sonorous words, "look upon the jury. Gentlemen of the jury, look upon the prisoner at the bar.
Էջ 137 - I did want to bring Mrs. Strange and you together, and so I chanced it. Of course, it's a sent-in dinner, as you must have inferred from the man at the door; I've given my servants a holiday, and had Claret's people do the whole thing. It's as broad as it's long, and as my husband says, you might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb ; and it saves bother.