The Destroying Angel

The Destroying Angel

I. Doom II. The Last Straw III. "Mrs. Morten" IV. Mrs. Whitaker V. Wilful Missing VI. Curtain VII. The Late Extra VIII. A History IX. Entr'acte X. The Window XI. The Spy XII. The Mouse-Trap XIII. Offshore XIV. Dbcle XV. Disclosures XVI. The Beacon XVII. Discovery XVIII. Blight XIX. Capitulation XX. Temperamental XXI. Black Out Having spoken, he glanced at his watch, then at the face of his colleague, Bushnell, who contented himself with a tolerant waggle of his head, apparently meant to imply that the subject of their deliberations really must be reasonable: anybody who wilfully insists on footing the measures of life with a defective constitution for a partner has no logical excuse for being reluctant to pay the Piper. Whitaker looked quickly from one to the other of his three judges, acutely sensitive to the dread significance to be detected in the expression of each. He found only one kind and pitiful: no more than might have been expected of Greyerson, who was his friend. Of the others, Hartt had assumed a stony glare to mask the nervousness so plainly betrayed by his staccato accents; it hurt him to inflict pain, and he was horribly afraid lest the patient break down and "make a scene." Bushnell, on the other hand, was imperturbable by nature: a man to whom all men were simply "cases"; he sat stroking his long chin and hoping that Whitaker would have the decency soon to go and leave them free to talk shophis pet dissipation. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 32302
Author: Vance, Louis Joseph
Release Date: May 8, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924