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Title: The Money Master, Complete

Author: Gilbert Parker

Last Updated: March 14, 2009
Release Date: October 18, 2006 [EBook #6280]

Language: English

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THE MONEY MASTER, Complete

By Gilbert Parker

CONTENTS

EPOCH THE FIRST
I. THE GRAND TOUR OF JEAN JACQUES BARBILLE
II. THE REST OF THE STORY "TO-MORROW"
III. "TO-MORROW"

EPOCH THE SECOND
IV. THIRTEEN YEARS AFTER AND THE CLERK OF THE COURT TELLS A STORY
V. THE CLERK OF THE COURT ENDS HIS STORY
VI. JEAN JACQUES HAD HAD A GREAT DAY
VII. JEAN JACQUES AWAKES FROM SLEEP
VIII. THE GATE IN THE WALL
IX. "MOI-JE SUIS PHILOSOPHE"
X. "QUIEN SABE"--WHO KNOWS!
XI. THE CLERK OF THE COURT KEEPS A PROMISE
XII. THE MASTER-CARPENTER HAS A PROBLEM

EPOCH THE THIRD
XIII. THE MAN FROM OUTSIDE
XIV. "I DO NOT WANT TO GO"
XV. BON MARCHE

EPOCH THE FOURTH
XVI. MISFORTUNES COME NOT SINGLY
XVII. HIS GREATEST ASSET
XVIII. JEAN JACQUES HAS AN OFFER
XIX. SEBASTIAN DOLORES DOES NOT SLEEP
XX. "AU 'VOIR, M'SIEU' JEAN JACQUES"
XXI. IF SHE HAD KNOWN IN TIME

EPOCH THE FIFTH
XXII. BELLS OF MEMORY
XXIII. JEAN JACQUES HAS WORK TO DO
XXIV. JEAN JACQUES ENCAMPED.
XXV. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE
EPILOGUE

INTRODUCTION

This book is in a place by itself among the novels I have written. Many
critics said that it was a welcome return to Canada, where I had made my
first success in the field of fiction. This statement was only meagrely
accurate, because since 'The Right of Way' was published in 1901 I had
written, and given to the public, 'Northern Lights', a book of short
stories, 'You Never Know Your Luck', a short novel, and 'The World for
Sale', though all of these dealt with life in Western Canada, and not
with the lif