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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. So long as I was possessed by the evil spirit of worldliness, -vile as I was, I persisted in maintaining the semblance of decency and honour. ConftsawM of St. Augustine. The work in the library progressed satisfactorily, with only the intermission of the hurried meals, laid unceremoniously in the next apartment. The clerks wrote rapidly all night under the supervision of their master, upheld by the stimulative assistance of strong coffee. Hour after hour passed, till daylight stole into the room. Mr. Melville slept for several hours on the couch beside them, and awoke to find all the documents ready for his signature. He unhesitatingly attached his name, to the entire satisfaction of Mr. Prendergast, who then proceeded to a bedroom upstairs, where Mr. Lachasse had slept all night, in order to be in readiness.and who was roused that he might endorse the deed of release to be given to Mr. Melville. This he did without comment, in the presence of the clerks and a man-servant as witnesses. The lawyer then returned to the library, announcing that all business was finished, and invited Melville, as well as the subordinates, to refresh themselves with cold ablutions till breakfast was ready; after which the party sat down, and full justice was done to cold roast beef, devilled turkey, and curried fowl, by all but Mr. Melville, who had not yet recovered his appetite, and who looked, as he felt, sick at heart, and whose face seemed to have aged ten years since the previous day, wearing a grey-hued ghastly appearance in the early morning light. Immediately after breakfast the bonds and all other documents were collected together, a cab was called, and the lawyer, Mr. Melville, one of the clerks, and the detective officer, entered it, and drove off. I will not ventur...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217653374 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217653375 |
| Weight | 0.42 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 122 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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