epub |eng | 2024-01-23 | Author:Sydney Salier [Salier, Sydney]

Chapter 18 4 October 1811 Darcy did get Bingley to get on his horse and accompany him on a tour of inspection of Netherfield. Considering the lack of enthusiasm displayed ...

azw3 |eng | 2017-07-10 | Author:Alexander Pushkin [Pushkin, Alexander]

8 Who isn’t weary of pretending, Repeating things that all men know, Convincing people without ending Of what convinced them long ago? Attending to the same objections, Rejecting age-old preconceptions, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Sir Richard Francis Burton [Sir Richard Francis Burton]

epub |eng | 2023-08-10 | Author:MaryAnna Rose [Rose, MaryAnna]

What did Leo have in the truck? He went out two weeks ago and here he was, going out again. I hurried downstairs. Mother would have said I was sneaking, ...

azw3 |eng | 2020-10-28 | Author:Emilie Loring [Loring, Emilie]

15 “How long do you expect to be away, sir?” Sergeant McIlvray stopped on the threshold of Cam’s workroom to inquire. “How big a bag shall I pack?” “Lounge robe, ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-10 | Author:Crompton, Richmal

Chapter Sixteen Laurence and Jenifer free-wheeled down the hill on their bicycles, laughing from sheer high spirits and joy of life. They wore rucksacks on their shoulders, and Jenifer’s carrier ...

epub |eng | | Author:Richmal Crompton [Crompton, Richmal]

Chapter Ten “THEY’VE reached Cape Town,” said Miss Caroline excitedly. ‘Did you read about it in this morning’s paper? And they’ve had a magnificent reception. I simply couldn’t help crying ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-10 | Author:Crompton, Richmal

Chapter Sixteen I It was Miss Mitcham who first told Marcia that the Elliotts were back. Marcia had had a bad headache and had not been down to the village ...

epub |eng | 2017-04-10 | Author:Crompton, Richmal

Chapter Thirteen He walked along the Penbury Road, past the two next villages, then struck into the woods, meaning to take a short cut to the main London road, where, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Grace Livingston Hill

CHAPTER XI .................. THERE HAD BEEN NO FUSS made over Jasper Holt when he was born. They handed him an honored name from some fierce old warrior of a forebear, ...

epub |eng | 2014-11-25 | Author:Allan Pinkerton

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DETECTIVE IN SORE TRIBULATION. McKenna’s fears were not without foundation, as was shown from the action taken by members of his division the very day succeeding the ...

epub |eng | 2023-07-26 | Author:Thomas M D Brooke [Brooke, Thomas M D]

That night, Decius returned to my dreams. It was different from my earlier visions of my former centurion. He seemed faded, almost translucent, as if he was trying to reach ...

epub |eng | 2018-06-14 | Author:Louise Doughty [Louise Doughty]

NOTE ON THE AUTHOR Louise Doughty is the author of eight novels, one work of non-fiction, and five plays for radio. Her latest book, Black Water, is out now from ...

epub |eng | 2018-06-14 | Author:Dorothy Koomson [Dorothy Koomson]

Saturday, 9.40 a.m. ‘Has something happened to Fabian?’ I ask Mrs Shibden. That could be the only reason why she would be behaving like this – she has lost something ...

epub |eng | 2022-08-15 | Author:Anna Katharine Green

Chapter XXVI. The Quest. “I took no one into my confidence. I merely told Mr. Cutting and the doctor that I was not at liberty to divide the fortune which ...