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THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

THE LANE THAT HAD NO TURNING

CHAPTER I.	THE RETURN OF MADELINETTE
CHAPTER II.	WHEN THE RED-COATS CAME
CHAPTER III.	"MAN TO MAN AND STEEL TO STEEL"
CHAPTER IV.	MADELINETTE MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER V.	WHAT WILL SHE DO WITH IT?
CHAPTER VI.	THE ONE WHO SAW
CHAPTER VII.	THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER VIII.	FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER IX.	THE BITER BITTEN
CHAPTER X.	THE DOOR THAT WOULD NOT OPEN

THE ABSURD ROMANCE OF P’TITE LOUISON

THE LITTLE BELL OF HONOUR

A SON OF THE WILDERNESS

A WORKER IN STONE

THE TRAGIC COMEDY OF ANNETTE

THE MARRIAGE OF THE MILLER

MATHURIN

THE STORY OF THE LIME-BURNER

THE WOODSMAN’S STORY OF THE GREAT WHITE CHIEF

UNCLE JIM

THE HOUSE WITH THE TALL PORCH

PARPON THE DWARF

TIMES WERE HARD IN PONTIAC

THE MAN THAT DIED AT ALMA

THE BARON OF BEAUGARD

THE TUNE McGILVERAY PLAYED

PARABLES OF A PROVINCE

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THE GOLDEN PIPES

THE GUARDIAN OF THE FIRE

BY THAT PLACE CALLED PERADVENTURE

THE SINGING OF THE BEES

THE WHITE OMEN

THE SOJOURNERS

THE TENT OF THE PURPLE MAT

THERE WAS A LITTLE CITY

THE FORGE IN THE VALLEY

THE RIGHT OF WAY

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

THE RIGHT OF WAY

CHAPTER I.	THE WAY TO THE VERDICT
CHAPTER II.	WHAT CAME OF THE TRIAL
CHAPTER III.	AFTER FIVE YEARS
CHAPTER IV.	CHARLEY MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER V.	THE WOMAN IN HELIOTROPE
CHAPTER VI.	THE WIND AND THE SHORN LAMB
CHAPTER VII.	"PEACE, PEACE, AND THERE IS NO PEACE"
CHAPTER VIII.	THE COST OF THE ORNAMENT
CHAPTER IX.	OLD DEBTS FOR NEW
CHAPTER X.	THE WAY IN AND THE WAY OUT
CHAPTER XI.	THE RAISING OF THE CURTAIN
CHAPTER XII.	THE COMING OF ROSALIE
CHAPTER XIII.	HOW CHARLEY WENT ADVENTURING AND WHAT HE FOUND
CHAPTER XIV.	ROSALIE, CHARLEY, AND THE MAN THE WIDOW PLOMONDON JILTED
CHAPTER XV.	THE MARK IN THE PAPER
CHAPTER XVI.	MADAME DAUPHIN HAS A MISSION
CHAPTER XVII.	THE TAILOR MAKES A MIDNIGHT FORAY
CHAPTER XVIII.	THE STEALING OF THE CROSS
CHAPTER XIX.	THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN
CHAPTER XX.	THE RETURN OF THE TAILOR
CHAPTER XXI.	THE CURE HAS AN INSPIRATION
CHAPTER XXII.	THE WOMAN WHO SAW
CHAPTER XXIII.	THE WOMAN WHO DID NOT TELL
CHAPTER XXIV.	THE SEIGNEUR TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME
CHAPTER XXV.	THE COLONEL TELLS HIS STORY
CHAPTER XXVI.	A SONG, A BOTTLE, AND A GHOST
CHAPTER XXVII.	OUT ON THE OLD TRAIL
CHAPTER XXVIII.	THE SEIGNEUR GIVES A WARNING
CHAPTER XXIX.	THE WILD RIDE
CHAPTER XXX.	ROSALIE WARNS CHARLEY
CHAPTER XXXI.	CHARLEY STANDS AT BAY
CHAPTER XXXII.	JO PORTUGAIS TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XXXIII.	THE EDGE OF LIFE
CHAPTER XXXIV.	IN AMBUSH
CHAPTER XXXV.	THE COMING OF MAXIMILIAN COUR AND ANOTHER
CHAPTER XXXVI.	BARRIERS SWEPT AWAY
CHAPTER XXXVII.	THE CHALLENGE OF PAULETTE DUBOIS
CHAPTER XXXVIII.	THE CURE AND THE SEIGNEUR VISIT THE TAILOR
CHAPTER XXXIX.	THE SCARLET WOMAN
CHAPTER XL.	AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER XLI.	IT WAS MICHAELMAS DAY
CHAPTER XLII.	A TRIAL AND A VERDICT
CHAPTER XLIII.	JO PORTUGAIS TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER XLIV.	"WHO WAS KATHLEEN?"
CHAPTER XLV.	SIX MONTHS GO BY
CHAPTER XLVI.	THE FORGOTTEN MAN
CHAPTER XLVII.	ONE WAS TAKEN AND THE OTHER LEFT
CHAPTER XLVIII.	"WHERE THE TREE OF LIFE IS BLOOMING—"
CHAPTER XLIX.	THE OPEN GATE
CHAPTER L.	THE PASSION PLAY AT CHAUDIERE
CHAPTER LI.	FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER LII.	THE COMING OF BILLY
CHAPTER LIII.	THE SEIGNEUR AND THE CURE HAVE A SUSPICION
CHAPTER LIV.	M. ROSSIGNOL SLIPS THE LEASH
CHAPTER LV.	ROSALIE PLAYS A PART
CHAPTER LVI.	MRS. FLYNN SPEAKS
CHAPTER LVII.	A BURNING FIERY FURNACE
CHAPTER LVIII.	WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL
CHAPTER LIX.	IN WHICH CHARLEY MEETS A STRANGER
CHAPTER LX.	THE HAND AT THE DOOR
CHAPTER LXI.	THE CURE SPEAKS
EPILOGUE.

MICHEL AND ANGELE

[A Ladder of Swords]

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

A NOTE

MICHEL AND ANGELE

JOHN ENDERBY

By Gilbert Parker

III

“THERE IS SORROW ON THE SEA”

By Gilbert Parker

DONOVAN PASHA

AND SOME PEOPLE OF EGYPT

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A FOREWORD

WHILE THE LAMP HOLDS OUT TO BURN

THE PRICE OF THE GRINDSTONE—AND THE DRUM

THE DESERTION OF MAHOMMED SELIM

ON THE REEF OF NORMAN’S WOE

FIELDING HAD AN ORDERLY

THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

A TREATY OF PEACE

AT THE MERCY OF TIBERIUS

ALL THE WORLD’S MAD

THE MAN AT THE WHEEL

A TYRANT AND A LADY

A YOUNG LION OF DEDAN

HE WOULD NOT BE DENIED

THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK

THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS

GLOSSARY

THE WEAVERS

By Gilbert Parker

INTRODUCTION

NOTE

CHAPTER I.	AS THE SPIRIT MOVED
CHAPTER II.	THE GATES OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER III.	BANISHED
CHAPTER IV.	THE CALL
CHAPTER V.	THE WIDER WAY
CHAPTER VI.	"HAST THOU NEVER KILLED A MAN?"
CHAPTER VII.	THE COMPACT
CHAPTER VIII.	FOR HIS SOUL’S SAKE AND THE LAND’S SAKE
CHAPTER IX.	THE LETTER, THE NIGHT, AND THE WOMAN
CHAPTER X.	THE FOUR WHO KNEW
CHAPTER XI.	AGAINST THE HOUR OF MIDNIGHT
CHAPTER XII.	THE JEHAD AND THE LIONS
CHAPTER XIII.	ACHMET THE ROPEMAKER STRIKES
CHAPTER XIV.	BEYOND THE PALE
CHAPTER XV.	SOOLSBY’S HAND UPON THE CURTAIN
CHAPTER XVI.	THE DEBT AND THE ACCOUNTING
CHAPTER XVII.	THE WOMAN OF THE CROSS-ROADS
CHAPTER XVIII.	TIME, THE IDOL-BREAKER
CHAPTER XIX.	SHARPER THAN A SWORD
CHAPTER XX.	EACH AFTER HIS OWN ORDER
CHAPTER XXI.	"THERE IS NOTHING HIDDEN WHICH SHALL NOT BE REVEALED"
CHAPTER XXII.	AS IN A GLASS DARKLY
CHAPTER XXIII.	THE TENTS OF CUSHAN
CHAPTER XXIV.	THE QUESTIONER
CHAPTER XXV.	THE VOICE THROUGH THE DOOR
CHAPTER XXVI.	"I OWE YOU NOTHING"
CHAPTER XXVII.	THE AWAKENING
CHAPTER XXVIII.	NAHOUM TURNS THE SCREW
CHAPTER XXIX.	THE RECOIL
CHAPTER XXX.	LACEY MOVES
CHAPTER XXXI.	THE STRUGGLE IN THE DESERT
CHAPTER XXXII.	FORTY STRIPES SAVE ONE
CHAPTER XXXIII.	THE DARK INDENTURE
CHAPTER XXXIV.	NAHOUM DROPS THE MASK "CLARIDGE PASHA!"
CHAPTER XXXV.	THE FLIGHT OF THE WOUNDED
CHAPTER XXXVI.	"IS IT ALWAYS SO—IN LIFE?"
CHAPTER XXXVII.	THE FLYING SHUTTLE
CHAPTER XXXVIII.	JASPER KIMBER SPEAKS
CHAPTER XXXIX.	FAITH JOURNEYS TO LONDON
CHAPTER XL.	HYLDA SEEKS NAHOUM
CHAPTER XLI.	IN THE LAND OF SHINAR
CHAPTER XLII.	THE LOOM OF DESTINY
GLOSSARY.