Signing the Contract and What It Cost
  • Published:
    Feb-1879
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    198
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The sun had set amid angry clouds; deep shadows already filled the recesses of the forest through which the iron horse went thundering on its way, while an icy wind, bringing with it frequent dashes of rain and sleet, swept through the leafless branches of the trees, tossing them wildly against a dull leaden sky. A lady, gazing out into the gathering gloom, started with a sudden exclamation of surprise and dismay. Her husband leaned hastily past her to see what had called it forth; then, with a smile at his own folly in forgetting that at the rate of speed with which they were moving the object, whatever it might be, was already out of sight, settled himself back again, bending a look of mild inquiry upon her agitated countenance. She shivered, and drawing her shawl more closely about her, put her lips to his ear, that she might be heard above the noise of the train.
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    • First Edition
    • Feb-1879
    • Createspace
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1508531757
    • ISBN13: 9781508531753
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    • Apr-2015
    • Createspace
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1511640081
    • ISBN13: 9781511640084
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    • Apr-2015
    • Echo Library
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1406858668
    • ISBN13: 9781406858662
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    • Aug-2015
    • Createspace
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1515361012
    • ISBN13: 9781515361015



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