قراءة كتاب The Moving Finger
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THE MOVING
FINGER
BY
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
AUTHOR OF “THE LOST AMBASSADOR,” “THE ILLUSTRIOUS
PRINCE,” “JEANNE OF THE MARSHES,” ETC.
With Illustrations by
J. V. McFALL
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1911
Copyright, 1910, 1911,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved.
Published, May, 1911.
Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A.
“Sit still,” he whispered. “Don’t say anything. There is someone coming.”Frontispiece. See p. 166
“The Moving Finger writes; and having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.”
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Prologue—The Dreamer | 1 | |
| I. | A Letter Proves Useful | 11 |
| II. | Old Acquaintances | 17 |
| III. | “Who is Mr. Saton?” | 23 |
| IV. | A Question of Obligation | 32 |
| V. | A Morning Walk | 46 |
| VI. | Pauline Marrabel | 54 |
| VII. | An Unwelcome Visitor | 61 |
| VIII. | An Instance of Occultism | 67 |
| IX. | A Sentimental Talk | 74 |
| X. | The Scene Changes | 80 |
| XI. | A Busy Evening | 86 |
| XII. | A Call on Lady Marrabel | 97 |
| XIII. | Lady Mary’s Dilemma | 105 |
| XIV. | Petty Worries | 114 |
| XV. | Rochester is Indignant | 124 |
| XVI. | Plain Speaking | 133 |
| XVII. | The Great Naudheim | 141 |
| XVIII. | Rochester’s Ultimatum | 150 |
| XIX. | Trouble Brewing | 158 |
| XX. | First Blood | 165 |
| XXI. | Afraid! | public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@30811@[email protected]#CHAPTER_XXI" |