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The Forsaken Inn, by Anna Katharine Green
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Title: The Forsaken Inn A Novel
Author: Anna Katharine Green
Release Date: November 27, 2007 [EBook #23641]
Language: English
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THE FORSAKEN INN
A NOVEL
BY
ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Author of
"The Leavenworth Case," "A Matter of Millions," "Behind Closed Doors," etc.
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers New York
COPYRIGHT, 1889 and 1890 BY ROBERT BONNER'S SONS
COPYRIGHT, 1909 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
TO MY HUSBAND.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. THE OAK PARLOR 5
II. BURRITT 25
III. A FEARFUL DISCOVERY 37
IV. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 60
V. AN INTERIM OF SUSPENSE 71
VI. THE RECLUSE 78
VII. TWO WOMEN 91
VIII. A SUDDEN BETROTHAL 110
IX. MARAH 116
X. AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS 130
XI. HONORA 136
XII. EDWIN URQUHART 142
XIII. BEFORE THE WEDDING 148
XIV. A CASSANDRA AT THE GATE 160
XV. THE CATASTROPHE 171
XVI. A DREAM ENDED 185
XVII. STRA