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Evil Guest

Name: Evil Guest
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Read by Cate Barratt · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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01 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me.") (22:11)
02 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing.) (18:35)
03 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative.) (17:30)
04 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of.") (18:09)
05 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably.") (17:25)
06 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute.) (18:11)
07 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak.) (17:54)
08 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers") (16:45)
09 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep.) (19:34)
10 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping.) (17:36)
11 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were.) (19:24)
12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.) (13:04)
13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.") (12:01)
14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.") (16:33)
15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.) (14:04)