From One Generation to Another1st World Publishing, 2004 - 284 Seiten Dearest Anna, - I see from the newspaper before me of March 13, that I am reported dead. Before attempting to investigate the origin of this mistake, I hasten to write to you, knowing, dearest, what a shock this must have been to you. It is true that I was in the Makar Akool affair, and was slightly wounded - a mere scratch in the arm - but nothing more. I have not written to you for some months past because I have been turning something over in my mind. Anna, dearest, there is no chance of my being in a position to marry for some years yet, and I feel it incumbent upon me ... |
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4 FREIGHTED | 34 |
5 AFTER NINETEEN YEARS | 43 |
6 FOR HIS COUNTRY | 53 |
7 ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD | 64 |
8 RELIEVED | 73 |
16 THE SPIDER AND THE FLY | 147 |
17 TWO MOTIVES | 157 |
18 LIKE SHIPS UPON THE SEA | 167 |
19 AT HURLINGHGAM | 178 |
20 IN A SIDE PATH | 187 |
21 ALONE | 197 |
22 ACROSS THE YEARS | 206 |
23 AND THE TIME PASSES SOMEHOW | 216 |
9 RECAST | 82 |
10 A LAST THROW | 92 |
11 A CARPET KNIGHT | 99 |
12 BAD NEWS | 108 |
13 ON THIN ICE | 118 |
14 THE CURSE OF A GOOD INTENTION | 128 |
15 THE TOUCH OF NATURE | 137 |
24 A STAB IN THE DARK | 226 |
25 FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH | 235 |
26 BALANCING ACCOUNTS | 245 |
27 AT BAY | 255 |
28 THE LAST LINK | 264 |
29 SETTLED | 273 |
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