Carved Cupboard (Dramatic Reading)

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <SPAN name="img-front"></SPAN> <center> <ANTIMG CLASS="imgcenter" SRC="images/img-front.jpg" ALT="'I HAVE SEALED THE DIRECTIONS IN THIS ENVELOPE.'" BORDER="2" WIDTH="418" HEIGHT="651"> <H4 STYLE="width: 500px"> 'I HAVE SEALED THE DIRECTIONS IN THIS ENVELOPE.' </h4> </center> <br/><br/> <h1> THE CARVED CUPBOARD </h1> <br/> <h3> BY </h3> <h2> AMY LE FEUVRE </h2> <br/> <h4> AUTHOR OF <br/> 'PROBABLE SONS,' 'TEDDY'S BUTTON,' 'LEGEND LED,'<br/> 'ODD MADE EVEN,' 'HEATHER'S MISTRESS,' ETC.<br/> </h4> <br/><br/><br/> <h5> R.T.S., 4 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. 4 <br/> 1899 </h5> <br/><br/><br/> <h2> Contents </h2> <br/> <p>CHAPTER I<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap01">A SUPPLANTER</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER II<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap02">FOUR VERSES</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER III<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap03">A COUNTRY HOME</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER IV<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap04">BLUEBEARD'S CUPBOARD</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER V<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap05">A QUIET SUNDAY</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER VI<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap06">A DEPARTURE</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER VII<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap07">UNREST</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER VIII<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap08">ENTERTAINING A STRANGER</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER IX<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap09">GWEN'S RESOLVE</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER X<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap10">CLARE'S DISCOVERY</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XI<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap11">AGATHA'S LEGACY</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XII<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap12">OUT IN CALIFORNIA</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XIII<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap13">HIS LAST MESSAGE</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XIV<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap14">THE COUSINS' RETURN</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XV<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap15">ALICK LESTER</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XVI<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap16">BRINGING BAD TIDINGS</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XVII<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap17">ELFIE'S CHOICE</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XVIII<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap18">PATTY'S GRAVE</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XIX<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap19">THE RIGHTFUL HEIR</SPAN></SPAN></p> <p>CHAPTER XX<br/> <SPAN STYLE="margin-left: 2em"><SPAN href="#chap20">BROUGHT BACK</SPAN></SPAN></p> <br/><br/><br/> <h2> ILLUSTRATIONS </h2> <br/> <h3> <SPAN href="#img-front"> 'I HAVE SEALED THE DIRECTIONS IN THIS <br/> ENVELOPE.'&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. <i>Frontispiece</i></SPAN> </h3> <h3> <SPAN href="#img-136"> AND SAW A MAN ON HIS KNEES BY THE CUPBOARD</SPAN> </h3> <br/><br/><br/> <SPAN name="chap01"></SPAN> <h1> THE CARVED CUPBOARD </h1> <br/> <h3> CHAPTER I </h3> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />