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Title: The Dweller on the Threshold
Author: Robert Smythe Hichens
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Language: English
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THE DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD
by
ROBERT HICHENS
Author of The Garden of Allah, Bella Donna, Egypt and Its Monuments, The Holy Land, etc.
1911
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When Evelyn Malling, notorious because of his sustained interest in Psychical Research and his work for Professor Stepton, first met the Rev. Marcus Harding, that well-known clergyman was still in the full flow of his many activities. He had been translated from his labors in Liverpool to a West End church in London. There he had proved hitherto an astonishing success. On Hospital Sundays the total sums collected from his flock were by far the largest that came from the pockets of any congregation in London. The music i