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THE GREAT TEMPTATION
BY RICHARD MARSH
AUTHOR or "THE BEETLE: A MYSTERY" "THE WOMAN IN THE CAR," ETC. ETC.
TORONTO S. B. GUNDY
Publisher in Canada for Humphrey Milford 1916
[PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN]
CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE PONY-SKIN COAT
I. THE PONY-SKIN COAT
II. IN PRISON
III. CRASH! CAME THE KNOCKER
IV. UNDERSTANDING
V. THE PILL
VI. TO NEW YORK FOR 5OO
VII. AT THE RISK OF HIS LIFE
VIII. GROVE GARDENS
IX. CATHERINE
X. THE OWNER OF THE COAT
XI. CATHERINE'S IDEA
XII. TWENTY-TWO
BOOK II
CATHERINE'S STORY
XIII. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE JOURNEY
XIV. ABEDNEGO P. THOMPSON
XV. HUGH'S NOTE
XVI. A MEMORY OF MOSCOW
XVII. MR. TROUNCER'S STORY
XVIII. CATHERINE'S TROUBLE
XIX. CHANGED
XX. AN UNSOLICITED INTRODUCTION
XXI. TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
XXII. THE FIRST NIGHT
XXIII. "DEVIL OF A WOMAN!"
XXIV. ALMOST WITHIN SIGHT OF LAND
BOOK III
THE GREAT TEMPTATION
XXV. THE PATIENT
XXVI. TWO FRIENDS
XXVII. CALLERS
XXVIII. NURSE ADA
XXIX. PARKER VAN GROOT
XXX. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
XXXI. EXERCISING PRESSURE
XXXII. MR. BENNINGTON'S OPINION
XXXIII. POSTE RESTANTE
XXXIV. HUGH'S PORTRAIT
XXXV. THE GREAT TEMPTATION
XXXVI. PRINCESS KITTY
XXXVII. MRS. VAN GROOT DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
XXXVIII. HIS FIRST APPEARANCE
XXXIX. "THE JOYOUS BRIDE"
XL. THE MOST EXPENSIVE HAT IN THE WORLD
XLI. THE "MAISON CATHERINE"
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