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Excerpt: "Mrs. Pelham was waiting by the drawing-room door. "It is all right," said Barbara, nodding to her. "Dr. Tarbot will allow me to stay with Piers to-night." "Thank God!" answered Mrs. Pelham. "I am greatly obliged to you, doctor, for this. Barbara, dear, Dick is up-stairs. He arrived almost immediately after you left. There seems to be some commotion in the sick-room. I heard steps hurrying about, but I am too frightened to go and inquire. Go and tell me quickly if anything is wrong." Barbara nodded, and the girl and the doctor went up-stairs. When they reached the threshold of the room Tarbot turned and looked full at Barbara. "Say that you forgive the impulse which came over me half an hour ago." Barbara hesitated; then her words came out, very low. "I will—try." "Come this way." Tarbot opened the door. The two passed beyond the screen. The room was no longer dark—it was lit up with brilliance. Pelham and Nurse Ives were both standing by the bed. When Pelham saw Barbara he uttered a cry. Nurse Ives looked at the doctor and nodded to him to come forward. In the bed lay a little figure perfectly motionless, and as if carved in marble."
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GenreLiterary Classics, Romance
Length8 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 22, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. UNDONE.
19CHAPTER XIX. “‘SCOUNDREL!’ HE SAID.”
2CHAPTER II. A MAN’S REVENGE.
20CHAPTER XX. THE PRICE OF HIS SIN.
3CHAPTER III. “THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG.”
21CHAPTER XXI. “HONOR BRIGHT.”
4CHAPTER IV. A POST OBIT.
22CHAPTER XXII. “YOUR EYES ARE BIG AND BRIGHT.”
5CHAPTER V. “I HAVE MISJUDGED HIM.”
23CHAPTER XXIII. WITH THE DOCTORS.
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6CHAPTER VI. THE KISS.
24CHAPTER XXIV. THE LITTLE WOMAN IN BLACK.
7CHAPTER VII. THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
25CHAPTER XXV. “THERE’S A CRUEL SIN SOMEWHERE.”
8CHAPTER VIII. THE LONG TRUNK.
26CHAPTER XXVI. NOT IN THE BARGAIN.
9CHAPTER IX. THE DEAD RESTORED.
27CHAPTER XXVII. A BLACK CRIME.
10CHAPTER X. “DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.”
28CHAPTER XXVIII. THE “PELHAM ARMS.”
11CHAPTER XI. A TELEGRAM.
29CHAPTER XXIX. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
12CHAPTER XII. A CRAFTY OLD LADY.
30CHAPTER XXX. THE BOLT.
13CHAPTER XIII. THE DIE CAST.
31CHAPTER XXXI. GONE.
14CHAPTER XIV. BLACK MISCHIEF.
32CHAPTER XXXII. BARBARA HEARS STARTLING NEWS.
15CHAPTER XV. DICK’S SECRET.
33CHAPTER XXXIII. A MOMENT OF TRIUMPH.
16CHAPTER XVI. THE WRONG MEDICINE.
34CHAPTER XXXIV. THE LAST STRAW.
17CHAPTER XVII. MRS. PELHAM.
35CHAPTER XXXV. ACE OF TRUMPS.
18CHAPTER XVIII. “TARBOT WILL TELL ME.”
36CHAPTER XXXVI. SIR PIERS.
