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Title: The Return of Peter Grimm
Novelised From the Play

Author: David Belasco

Illustrator: John Rae

Release Date: January 18, 2008 [EBook #24359]

Language: English

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The Return of Peter Grimm

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