The Knickerbocker

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3

Various; Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 40,213 words

It was not the failure of his plans, nor the dread of detection, which broke Rust down. He had been prepared for that, and had nerved himself to meet it; but it was a blow coming from a quarter where he had not dreamed of harm, and wounding him where alone he could feel a pang...

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2. CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.

Richard Holmes, Esq. was sitting in his office, two days after the events narrated in the last chapter, with his nose within a few inches of a law-book which rested on his knees...

1. CHAPTER XXII.

It was not the failure of his plans, nor the dread of detection, which broke Rust down. He had been prepared for that, and had nerved himself to meet it; but it was a blow comin...