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Title: The Survivor

Author: E.Phillips Oppenheim

Release Date: November 10, 2005 [eBook #17040]

Language: English

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THE SURVIVOR

by

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

CONTENTS

I. THE SERMON THAT WAS NEVER PREACHED
II. A STRANGE BETROTHAL
III. THE MAN WHO WAS IN A HURRY
IV. EXIT MR. DOUGLAS GUEST
V. HOW THE ADDRESS WAS LOST
VI. THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE COUNTRY HEARS SOME
VII. A NIGHT IN HELL--AND NEXT DAY
VIII. THE AUTHOR OF "NO MAN'S LAND"
IX. THE EDITOR OF THE "IBEX" RECEIVES A STRANGE LETTER
X. A WOMAN OF WHIMS
XI. DOUGLAS GUEST GETS HIS "CHANCE"
XII. THE MAN WHO NEARLY WENT UNDER
XIII. THE FIRST TASTE OF FAME
XIV. A VISITOR FROM SCOTLAND YARD
XV. EMILY DE REUSS TELLS A LIE
XVI. JOAN STRONG, AVENGER
XVII. A PLAIN QUESTION AND A WARNING
XVIII. THE TASTE OF THE LOTUS
XIX. A MAN WITHOUT A PAST
XX. CICELY ASKS A QUESTION
XXI. THE REBELLION OF DREXLEY
XXII. DREXLEY SPEAKS OUT
XXIII. CICELY S SECRET
XXIV. THE COUNTESS, THE COUSIN, AND THE CRITIC
XXV. A TRAGIC INTERRUPTION
XXVI. A VISITOR FOR DOUGLAS JESSON
XXVII. FELLOW-CRIMINALS
XXVIII. THE LITTLE FIGURE IN BLACK
XXIX. JOAN STRONG FINDS HER BROTHER
XXX. DAVID AND JOAN
XXXI. DREXLEY FORESEES DANGER
XXXII. A SUPPER AT THE "MILAN," AND A MEETING
XXXIII. A MISUNDERSTANDING
XXXIV. THE WOOING OF CICELY
XXXV. THE NET OF JOAN'S VENGEANCE
XXXVI. A SCENE AT THE CLUB
XXXVII. CICELY MAKES HER CHOICE
XXXVIII. "SHE WAS A WOMAN: I WAS A COWARD"
XXXIX. A JOURNEY AND A WEDDING
XL. A CALL BEFORE THE CURTAIN

THE SURVIVOR

CHAPTER I

THE SERMON THAT WAS NEVER PREACHED

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