Night of Longing at the Waverly Place
David Temple, lonely in the January storm, recalls Olga's death and his complex longing for Anne while confronting the ache of living without a mistress as he plans to confess his feelings and proposes despite lacking passionate love. The scene shifts from his study to memories of the past, the drawing room, and a fatal photograph. He heads toward Washington Place to tell Anne how much she means to him.
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David Temple
Waverly Place
Hudhimayit
Olga
Greenwood
Dr. Ericsson
Sweden
Anne
David
Jim
Anna
New York
Viga
Jé Be
Het
Washington Place
David Teaple
Jean
Bya
Tlow Jong
Lave
Xu Hane
Nis
Tome
Ame
Anne and David in the storm of unspoken plans
Anne recalls a year of distance with David Temple and reads a passion letter from Donald. He longs for her, confessing love and dreams of a future together. Anne realizes her love is for Donald, sensing the truth as the storm rages outside and the firelight fades. The revelation reshapes her dawning certainty about marriage and desire.
Return to Rio Hidden in the Coffee Lands
Donald Sefain endures the brutal Brazilian coffee country as Amintage urges him toward happiness and home. A tense meeting unfolds at the fazenda Ri carda ina Paula de Marinhe with Anne awaiting, while the harsh sun, labor, and corruption weigh on their fates.
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Fazenda Ricarda Ina Paula de Marinhe
Rio Janeiro
Donald Sefain
Sefain
Donald
Iam
Armince
Han
In His Hand All the Time And The Silent Reunion
A narrative fragment describes Anne visiting Donald who sleeps in a dim room. She feels a surge of wild joy and confesses love as she leans by his side, then kisses him and he awakens. The passage shifts to a bank scene where a man forgets a cash bag and retrieves it after a routine search, the $230 wage sum prompting a timely reminder of diligence. The piece ends with a bidding on persistence, stating that persistent effort yields the golden harvest.
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Beepur
Lam
Anne
Xaser
David
Sumimer
Bermuda
Morgan
Wonald
Sun
Korea
Megan
Donald
Armitage
George
Sefain
Tomas
Seraphine
Rascal
Rio
Anze’s
Eli
Dom Pedro
Amnitage
New York
Broadway
Anna
Anoe
Senor Morgan
Senor Armitage
Ming
Pearson’s Weekly
The Tryst in the Beech Wood Ruins
In August evening’s hush by the ruined mill I wait in the old beech wood where fireflies glow. The whippoorwill’s call is all I hear as I long for the sound of a dear one. A lonely night in the ruins, with no other voice but the whippoorwill.
Vendettas of Afghanistan Bend Blood Feuds and Death
A strand of war reportage describes Afridi vendettas along the Khyber Pass where neighboring clans on opposite sides of a road avoid crossfire yet patrol rival squares with watchtowers. The piece blends remote tribal life with a gas district vignette of crude rigs, derricks, and perils in Cassier’s Magazine.
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Khyber Pusu
India
Lundikota
Afghanistan
Khyber Pass
Marrow Valley
Strand Magazine
Meistersinger Scene Deters A Nervous Listener
A New York Sun excerpt describes a theatergoer with a fluffy blond pompadour who endures a discussion of counterpoint from a Wag nerian devotee during Meistersinger. The woman pleads for silence as the musician extols vertiginous contrapuntal construction, then reacts with a sharp request to hear the music.
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Theo
New York Sun
Czars and rumors spark glare over smoking ban
A London letter notes rumors accusing the czarina of poisoning via arsenic in chocolate, while defending the empress’s health and her ban on ladies in waiting smoking cigarettes. It also highlights Jan Van Beers’s violet dining room design in Paris, celebrating dramatic color and luxury.
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London
Jan van Beers
Paris
Como
Strand Magazine
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MG Auk
Ene
Hunpa Dugeed
Uye
Luin
Deeks
Esatista
Dacres
Lorever
Anno
Lin
Alam
Anne J
Ham
Norny
Nora
Dearnert
wEst
Sondow
Sethine
Leese
Celine
Ronur
Howe
Tad
Sullhall
Mary
Ren
Cassier
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