Swing of
章节目录
共 106 题- CHAPTER ONE.
- DISLIKE.
- CHAPTER TWO.
- A MAN'S JUDGMENT.
- CHAPTER THREE.
- WE START OURSELVES AND CRY OUT THAT FATE PUSHES.
- She cried out--
- CHAPTER FOUR.
- AT SIX IN THE MORNING.
- If there was effort, Millie did not show it. She said cheerily--
- Anne said coolly--
- She repeated the word slowly. "Saved? And what saved me?"
- CHAPTER FIVE.
- THE SKITTISHNESS OF FATE.
- She went on--
- There was a moment's pause before Millie answered--
- Millie cried out--
- The question came like a bolt; the answer was a brief "No."
- CHAPTER SIX.
- AND THE PITFALLS OF CUPID.
- CHAPTER SEVEN.
- HOW A LETTER GOT WRITTEN.
- Anne's face chilled. He returned--
- There was a dissatisfied note in his voice. She thought with a pang--
- CHAPTER EIGHT.
- EDEN.
- Wareham hazarded the remark--
- CHAPTER NINE.
- TONGUE-TIED.
- A thorn pricked Wareham. He said hastily--
- CHAPTER TEN.
- THE INCONVENIENCE OF TWO HEROES.
- It was impossible to keep back a sharp "Why?"
- CHAPTER ELEVEN.
- CATECHISMS.
- Anne's clear voice struck in--
- He forced himself to say quietly--
- CHAPTER TWELVE.
- AN AIR WITH VARIATIONS.
- Anne answered her abruptly--
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
- PERSUASION.
- As he went off obediently, Wareham said--"You are unkind."
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
- THE WORLD IS STUFFED WITH SAWDUST.
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
- STRAWS.
- Silence. Then--
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
- THE RESULT OF INCOHERENCE.
- Fanny played with a flower. "Is it possible!"
- After what seemed to her a long time she forced herself to say--
- There was silence, then Mrs Ravenhill said gently--
- Her head was buried again. When she lifted it, it was to remark--
- Fanny called anxiously after her--"Not a word of me!"
- For answer he caught her to him with a cry, and another "Fanny!"
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
- BERGEN AGAIN.
- At the end of a few steps, Wareham remarked--
- Wareham told him, adding, "I'll be there or in the salon."
- CHAPTER NINETEEN.
- WILL SHE LEAVE HIM?
- She paused, and repeated softly--
- Wareham felt himself redden. He said, shortly--
- He bowed. "I have come, I hope, to relieve you."
- He could not refrain from saying--
- CHAPTER TWENTY.
- NOT FOR TWO MONTHS.
- His look made the question superfluous, yet Wareham said--
- CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.
- FAREWELL.
- Once she cried to Wareham--
- As she went down the stairs she said, hurriedly--
- CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.
- A NAME IN THE AIR.
- CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.
- A WALK.
- There was a momentary pause before she asked--
- CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
- DOUBT AND PRIDE--WHICH WINS?
- He remarked--
- She said--
- He pricked his ears, and asked mendaciously--
- She repudiated the notion. "You saw him at Bergen?"
- CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
- FIRE AND COLD WATER.
- Anne took no notice. As soon as they were seated, she said to Wareham--
- CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.
- ON THE WATCH.
- He was heard to mutter--
- Her companion sat reflective. She said at last--
- There was a few seconds' silence before Anne said--
- Anne listened, and said no more than--
- CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.
- THE HOUR--AND THE WOMAN.
- Her presence by his side made him say--
- He exclaimed--
- Wareham was indifferent to his rival. He said--
- Anne shrugged her shoulders. "He is wearisome. Is this the wood?"
- She motioned to another opposite. "You there, then."
- He burst out--
- He said in a voice strained because it tugged for freedom--
- CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.
- A NOTE OF INTERROGATION INSTEAD OF A FULL-STOP.
- End of Project Gutenberg's The Swing of the Pendulum, by Frances Peard