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قراءة كتاب Mrs. Thompson: A Novel
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MRS. THOMPSON
A NOVEL
BY W. B. MAXWELL
AUTHOR OF "THE GUARDED FLAME,"
"VIVIEN," ETC.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1922
Copyright, 1911, by
Dodd, Mead & Company
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
"Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates."
—Proverbs.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| I | 1 |
| II | 14 |
| III | 27 |
| IV | 32 |
| V | 45 |
| VI | 54 |
| VII | 64 |
| VIII | 69 |
| IX | 77 |
| X | 91 |
| XI | 109 |
| XII | 125 |
| XIII | 130 |
| XIV | 145 |
| XV | 156 |
| XVI | 169 |
| XVII | 179 |
| XVIII | 196 |
| XIX | 207 |
| XX | 222 |
| XXI | 235 |
| XXII | 249 |
| XXIII | 259 |
| XXIV | 263 |
| XXV | 275 |
| XXVI | 286 |
| XXVII | 294 |
| XXVIII | 303 |
| XXIX | 325 |
| XXX | 338 |
| XXXI | 348 |
| XXXII | 358 |
| XXXIII | 362 |
MRS. THOMPSON
I
It was early-closing day in the town of Mallingbridge; and the Thompson's, "established 1813," had begun to hide its wares from the sunlight of High Street. Outside its windows the iron shutters were rolling down; inside its doors male and female assistants, eager for the weekly half-holiday, were despatching the last dilatory customers, packing their shelves, spreading their dust-sheets, and generally tidying up with anxious speed.
Mrs. Thompson, the sole proprietress, emerging from internal offices and passing through her prosperous realm, cast an attentive eye hither and thither; and, wherever she glanced, saw all things right, and nothing wrong. System, method, practised control visible in each department. Carpets, Bedding, Curtains, House Furnishings, all as they should be—no disturbing note, no hint of a