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The Pest

W. Teignmouth Shore

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I shall leave you to-morrow”—her voice trembled, half with fear, half with defiant anger as she repeated—“I shall leave you to-morrow.”

“Leave me?”

“Leave you.”

“Where are you going?”

“What does that matter to you? You think divorce sinful, so my future address doesn’t concern you.”

She walked quickly out of the room, leaving him dazed.

For some moments he seemed scarcely conscious, scarcely able to breathe. Then, slowly, heavily, he kneeled down at the table, and, burying his face in his hands, prayed for forgiveness, the while he shook with sobbing and his heart ached.

CHAPTER V

Marian locked herself into the bedroom and sat down before the glass, laughing at her flushed, angry face. She was too astut. . . Read More

Community Reviews

The Pest is short for pestilence; in this case, a woman who uses people for her own selfish ends. A small town girl marries and moves to London, and discards her husband and takes lovers for the purposes of climbing in the world.

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