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Title: The Return of Peter Grimm
Novelised From the Play
Author: David Belasco
Illustrator: John Rae
Release Date: January 18, 2008 [EBook #24359]
Language: English
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The Return of Peter Grimm
NOVELISED FROM THE PLAY
BY
DAVID BELASCO
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
JOHN RAE
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A MAN AND A MAID 3
II THE HEIR 19
III PETER GRIMM HAS A PLAN 37
IV A WARNING AND A THEORY 56
V A QUEER COMPACT 77
VI BREAKING THE NEWS 99
VII THE HAND RELAXES 108
VIII AFTERWARD 118
IX THE EVE OF A WEDDING 125
X A WASTED PLEA 134
XI THE LEGACIES 149
XII MOSTLY CONCERNING GRATITUDE 157
XIII THE RETURN 164
XIV "I CAN'T GET IT ACROSS" 184
XV A HALF-HEARD MESSAGE 209
XVI THE "SENSITIVE" 231
XVII MR. BATHOLOMMEY TESTIFIES 254
XVIII DR. MCPHERSON'S STATEMENT 265
XIX BACK TO THE STORY
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