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Rex Stout
Under the Andes
Published by Good Press, 2019
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EAN 4057664648501
Table of Contents
Chapter I.
THE SWEETHEART OF A KING.
Chapter II.
BEGINNING THE DANCE.
Chapter III.
A MODERN MARANA.
Chapter IV.
ALLONS!
Chapter V.
THE CAVE OF THE DEVIL.
Chapter VI.
CAPTURED.
Chapter VII.
THE FIGHT IN THE DARK.
Chapter VIII.
THE DANCE OF THE SUN.
Chapter IX.
BEFORE THE COURT.
Chapter X.
THE VERDICT.
Chapter XI.
A ROYAL VISITOR.
Chapter XII.
AT THE DOOR.
Chapter XIII.
INTO THE WHIRLPOOL.
Chapter XIV.
A FISHING PARTY.
Chapter XV.
THE RESCUE.
Chapter XVI.
THE ESCAPE.
Chapter XVII.
THE EYES IN THE DARK.
Chapter XVIII.
A VICTORY AND A CONVERSATION.
Chapter XIX.
AFLOAT.
Chapter XX.
AN INCA SPEAR.
Chapter XXI.
THE MIDST OF THE ENEMY.
Chapter XXII.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
Chapter XXIII.
WE ARE TWO.
Chapter XXIV.
CONCLUSION.
Chapter I.
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THE SWEETHEART OF A KING.
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The scene was not exactly new to me. Moved by the spirit of adventure, or by an access of ennui which overtakes me at times, I had several times visited the gaudy establishment of Mercer, on the fashionable side of Fifth Avenue in the Fifties. In either case I had found disappointment; where the stake is a matter of indifference there can be no excitement; and besides, I had been always in luck.
But on this occasion I had a real purpose before me, though not an important one, and I surrendered my hat and coat to the servant at the door with a feeling of satisfaction.
At the entrance
