The Survivor
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Chapter 1 THE SERMON THAT WAS NEVER PREACHED
Chapter 2 A STRANGE BETROTHAL
Chapter 3 THE MAN WHO WAS IN A HURRY
Chapter 4 EXIT MR. DOUGLAS GUEST
Chapter 5 HOW THE ADDRESS WAS LOST
Chapter 6 THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE COUNTRY HEARS SOME NEWS
Chapter 7 A NIGHT IN HELL-AND NEXT DAY
Chapter 8 THE AUTHOR OF NO MAN'S LAND
Chapter 9 THE EDITOR OF THE IBEX RECEIVES A STRANGE LETTER
Chapter 10 A WOMAN OF WHIMS
Chapter 11 DOUGLAS GUEST GETS HIS CHANCE
Chapter 12 THE MAN WHO NEARLY WENT UNDER
Chapter 13 THE FIRST TASTE OF FAME
Chapter 14 A VISITOR FROM SCOTLAND YARD
Chapter 15 EMILY DE REUSS TELLS A LIE
Chapter 16 JOAN STRONG, AVENGER
Chapter 17 A PLAIN QUESTION AND A WARNING
Chapter 18 THE TASTE OF THE LOTUS
Chapter 19 A MAN WITHOUT A PAST
Chapter 20 CICELY ASKS A QUESTION
Chapter 21 THE REBELLION OF DREXLEY
Chapter 22 DREXLEY SPEAKS OUT
Chapter 23 CICELY'S SECRET
Chapter 24 THE COUNTESS, THE COUSIN, AND THE CRITIC
Chapter 25 A TRAGIC INTERRUPTION
Chapter 26 A VISITOR FOR DOUGLAS JESSON
Chapter 27 FELLOW-CRIMINALS
Chapter 28 THE LITTLE FIGURE IN BLACK
Chapter 29 JOAN STRONG FINDS HER BROTHER
Chapter 30 DAVID AND JOAN
Chapter 31 DREXLEY FORESEES DANGER
Chapter 32 A SUPPER AT THE MILAN, AND A MEETING
Chapter 33 A MISUNDERSTANDING
Chapter 34 THE WOOING OF CICELY
Chapter 35 THE NET OF JOAN'S VENGEANCE
Chapter 36 A SCENE AT THE CLUB
Chapter 37 CICELY MAKES HER CHOICE
Chapter 38 SHE WAS A WOMAN I WAS A COWARD!
Chapter 39 A JOURNEY-AND A WEDDING
Chapter 40 A CALL BEFORE THE CURTAIN
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Chapter 24 THE COUNTESS, THE COUSIN, AND THE CRITIC

Out in the streets they paused. A theatre or any place of amusement was out of the question, for Cicely dared not stay out later than half-past nine. Then a luminous idea came to Douglas.

"Why on earth shouldn't you come to my rooms?" he asked. "I can give you some decent coffee and read you the first chapter of my novel."

She hesitated, but

            
            

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