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ELSIE VENNER:
A ROMANCE OF DESTINY.
By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES,
AUTHOR OF “THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE,” ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME II.
BOSTON:
TICKNOR AND FIELDS.
M DCCC LXI.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by
Oliver Wendell Holmes,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON.
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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER XVII.
OLD SOPHY CALLS ON THE REVEREND DOCTOR 5
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE REVEREND DOCTOR CALLS ON BROTHER FAIRWEATHER
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CHAPTER XIX.
THE SPIDER ON HIS THREAD 38
CHAPTER XX.
FROM WITHOUT AND FROM WITHIN 54
CHAPTER XXI.
THE WIDOW ROWENS GIVES A TEA-PARTY 69
CHAPTER XXII.
WHY DOCTORS DIFFER 103
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE WILD HUNTSMAN 122
CHAPTER XXIV.
ON HIS TRACKS 139
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CHAPTER XXV.
THE PERILOUS HOUR 154
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE NEWS REACHES THE DUDLEY MANSION 185
CHAPTER XXVII.
A SOUL IN DISTRESS 208
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE SECRET IS WHISPERED 221
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE WHITE ASH 253
CHAPTER XXX.
THE GOLDEN CORD IS LOOSED 266
CHAPTER XXXI.
MR. SILAS PECKHAM RENDERS HIS ACCOUNT 286
CHAPTER XXXII.
CONCLUSION 307
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 [1861], Elsie Venner: a romance of destiny [Volume 2] (Ticknor and Fields, Boston) [word count] [eaf606v2T].
