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The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play By: David Belasco (1853-1931) |
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NOVELISED FROM THE PLAY
BY
DAVID BELASCO ILLUSTRATIONS BY
JOHN RAE NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A MAN AND A MAID 3 II THE HEIR 19 III PETER GRIMM HAS A PLAN 37 IV A WARNING AND A THEORY 56 V A QUEER COMPACT 77 VI BREAKING THE NEWS 99 VII THE HAND RELAXES 108 VIII AFTERWARD 118 IX THE EVE OF A WEDDING 125 X A WASTED PLEA 134 XI THE LEGACIES 149 XII MOSTLY CONCERNING GRATITUDE 157 XIII THE RETURN 164 XIV "I CAN'T GET IT ACROSS" 184 XV A HALF HEARD MESSAGE 209 XVI THE "SENSITIVE" 231 XVII MR. BATHOLOMMEY TESTIFIES 254 XVIII DR. MCPHERSON'S STATEMENT 265 XIX BACK TO THE STORY 278 XX THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT 290 XXI "ONLY ONE THING REALLY COUNTS" 302 XXII "ALL THAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS AGAIN" 313 XXIII THE DAWNING 324 XXIV THE GOOD BYE 337
ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "I believe," said Peter irrelevantly, "that St.
Paul was a single man, was he not, Pastor?" 86 "Who's in the room!" he demanded 202 "Sleep well," said Peter Grimm. "I wish you
the very pleasantest of dreams a boy could
have in this world" 321
CHAPTER I A MAN AND A MAID
The train drew to a halt at the Junction. There was a fine jolt that ran
the length of the cars, followed by a clank of couplings and a
half intelligible call from the conductor. The passengers, dusty, jaded, crossly annoyed at the need of changing
cars, gathered up their luggage and filed out onto the bare, roofless
station platform. There, after a look down the long converging rails in
vain hope of sighting the train they were to take, they fell to glancing
about the cheerless station environs. Far away were rolling hills, upland fields of wind swept wheat, cool,
dark stretches of woodland. But around the station were areas of
ill kept lots, with here and there a jerry built cottage, sadly in need
of shoring, and bereft of paint. Across the road on one side stood the
general store with its clump of porch step loafers and its windows full
of gaudy advertisements. To the side, and parallel with the tracks,
sprawled a huge, weather buffeted signboard that read: " Grimm's Botanical Gardens and Nurseries.
1 Mile. " The passengers eyed the half defaced lettering, pessimistically. But
almost at once they received a far pleasanter reminder of the botanical
gardens. A boy, flushed with running, and evidently distressed at being
late, pattered up the road and onto the platform. From one of his
fragile arms hung a great basket. The lid had fallen aside and showed
the basket piled to the brim with fresh flowers. Hurrying to the nearest passenger an obese travelling man who mopped a
very red face, the boy timidly held a Gloire de Dijon rose up to him
and recited with parrot like glibness: "With the compliments of Peter Grimm... Continue reading book >>
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