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Title: The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treherne's Temptation
Author: A. M. Barnard
Release Date: August, 2005 [EBook #8694] [This file was first posted on August 2, 2003]
Edition: 10
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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The Abbot's Ghost
or, Maurice Treherne's Temptation
A Christmas Story
By A.M. Barnard
Chapter I
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
"How goes it, Frank? Down first, as usual."
"The early bird gets the worm, Major."
"Deuced ungallant speech, considering that the lovely Octavia is the worm," and with a significant laugh the major assumed an Englishman's favorite attitude before the fire.
His companion shot a quick glance at him, and an expression of anxiety passed over his face as he replied, with a well-feigned air of indifference, "You are altogether too sharp, Major. I must be on my guard while you are in the house. Any new arrivals? I thought I heard a carriage drive up n
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