Avarice—Anger Two of the Seven Cardinal Sins By Eugene Sue
Reading edition
Illustrated with Etchings by Adrian Marcel
Dana Estes & Company Publishers Boston
Copyright, 1899 By Francis A. Niccolls & Co.
Avarice—Anger
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
AVARICE.
I.An Unfortunate Choice13
II.A Touching Example of Unselfish Devotion25
III.A Shameful Deception36
IV.The Voice of the Tempter 46
V.Father and Son57
VI.A Father's Ambition65
VII.The Forged Letter72
VIII.A Startling Discovery78
IX.Commandant de la Miraudière's Antecedents86
X.The Mystery Explained97
XI.Hidden Treasure106
XII.A Voice from the Grave113
XIII.The Miser Extolled118
XIV.Plans for the Future122
XV.Madame Lacombe's Unconditional Surrender126
XVI.A Capricious Beauty132
XVII.The Hôtel Saint-Ramon139
XVIII.A Novel Entertainment146
XIX.A Change of Owners152
XX.The Return159
XXI.The Awakening166
ANGER.
I.The Duel177
II.Another Ebullition of Temper186
III.The Warning194
IV.Those Whom the Gods Destroy They First Make Mad"199
V.Deadly Enmity208
VI.A Cunning Scheme217
VII.Home Pleasures225
VIII.The Captain's Narrative234
IX.Conclusion of the Captain's Narrative240
X.Segoffin's Dissimulation248
XI.Sabine's Confession255
XII.Suzanne's Enlightenment265
XIII.Onésime's Conquest271
XIV.Arguments For and Against279
XV.An Unwelcome Visitor287
XVI.Segoffin's Ruse294
XVII.The Voice of the Tempter302
XVIII."My Mother's Murderer Still Lives!"309
XIX.After the Storm316
XX.The Midnight Attack322
XXI.A Last Appeal329
XXII.Conclusion338
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
"Axe in hand"Frontispiece
"'Go away and let me alone'"53
"'My star has not deserted me'"155
"Several men rushed upon him"236
Avarice and Anger.