CHAPTER XXI
Gossip from one or two quarters, which reached Captain
Nugent’s ears through the medium of his sister,
concerning the preparations for his son’s marriage,
prevented him from al...
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W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. H...
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At Sunwich Port, Part 5.
W(illiam) W(ymark) Jacobs