Bram Stoker
THE GATES OF LIFE
Published by
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2018 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-4473-7
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II—The Heart of a Child
CHAPTER IV—Harold at Normanstand
CHAPTER VII—The Need of Knowing
CHAPTER XV—The End of the Meeting
CHAPTER XVI—A Private Conversation
CHAPTER XVII—A Business Transaction
CHAPTER XXI—The Duty of Courtesy
CHAPTER XXII—Fixing the Bounds
CHAPTER XXV—A Little Child Shall Lead
CHAPTER XXX—The Lesson of the Wilderness
CHAPTER XXXII—‘To Be God and Able to Do Things’
CHAPTER XXXIII—The Queen’s Room
Fore-Glimpse
‘I would rather be an angel than God!’
The voice of the speaker sounded clearly through the hawthorn tree. The young man and the young girl who sat together on the low tombstone looked at each other. They had heard the voices of the two children talking, but had not noticed what they said; it was the sentiment, not the sound, which roused their attention.
The girl put her finger to her lips to impress silence, and the man nodded; they sat as still as mice whilst the two children went on talking.
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The scene would have gladdened a painter’s heart.
