Mr. Achilles
by Jennette Lee
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Chapters (76)
- MR. ACHILLES
- MR. ACHILLES
- I
- ACHILLES GOES TO CHICAGO
- II
- A BUTTERFLY SPREADS ITS WINGS
- III
- BETTY’S MOTHER HEARS A STORY
- IV
- AND ACHILLES DREAMS
- V
- THE GREEK PROFESSOR LAUGHS
- VI
- ACHILLES CALLS ON BETTY HARRIS
- VII
- TO MEET THE “HALCYON CLUB”
- VIII
- AND GIVE A SIMPLE LECTURE
- IX
- BETTY LEAVES HER GODS
- X
- FOR A LONG DRIVE
- XI
- TWO MEN FACE EACH OTHER
- XII
- THE TELEPHONE SPEAKS
- XIII
- EVERYONE MUST PAY
- XIV
- THE PRICE ACHILLES PAID
- XV
- THE POLICE MOVE
- XVI
- A CLUE GOES TO SLEEP
- XVII
- PHILIP HARRIS WAKES UP
- XVIII
- “ONCE—I—SAW—”
- XIX
- A WOMAN IN THE GARDEN
- XX
- THE TEST IS MADE
- XXI
- A CONNOISSEUR SPEAKS
- XXII
- “WHAT DID YOU SEE?”
- XXIII
- ACHILLES HAS A PLAN
- XXIV
- IT FLOATS A LITTLE
- XXV
- AND STARTS OFF
- XXVI
- AND RACES FOR THE CLUE
- XXVII
- THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE
- XXVIII
- INSIDE THE LITTLE HOUSE
- XXIX
- UPSTAIRS
- XXX
- ASLEEP
- XXXI
- A BUTTERFLY FLIGHT
- XXXII
- AND A VOICE
- XXXIII
- “WAKE UP, MRS. SEABURY!”
- XXXIV
- THE FLIGHT OF STARS
- XXXV
- AND CLANGING CARS
- XXXVI
- THE TELEPHONE AGAIN
- XXXVII
- THE BIG BED
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