{"product_id":"2940012898012","title":"A MAN'S HEARTH","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                                                             PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. TONY ADRIANCE----\"MILLIONS, YOU KNOW!\"                          9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II. HIS NEIGHBOR'S WIFE                                            27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE GIRL OUTSIDE                                               45\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV. THE WOMAN WHO GRASPED                                          55\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V. THE LITTLE RED HOUSE                                           77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI. THE WOMAN WHO GAVE                                             96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. THE DARING ADVENTURE                                          109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII. ANDY OF THE MOTOR-TRUCKS                                      110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX. THE LUCK IN THE HOUSE                                         144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X. MRS. MASTERSON TAKES TEA                                      155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI. THE GLOWING HEARTH                                            173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII. THE UPPER TRAIL                                               184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII. WHAT TONY BUILT                                               203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. THE CABARET DANCER                                            215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV. THE OTHER MAN'S ROAD                                          229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. THE GUITAR OF ALENYA OF THE SEA                               243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII. RUSSIAN MIKE AND MAÎTRE RAOUL GALVEZ                          261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. THE CHALLENGE                                                 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX. THE ADRIANCES                                                 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XX. THE CORNERSTONE                                               308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                    PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsie felt the Glance pass across Her and Rest on Anthony _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere Would Have Been no more Bedtime Romps for Masterson and His Son 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Winter was Hard and Long, but Never Dull to Them                 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA MAN'S HEARTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTONY ADRIANCE--\"MILLIONS, YOU KNOW!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man who had taken shelter in the stone pavilion hesitated before\u003cbr\u003etaking a place on the curved bench before him. He had the air of\u003cbr\u003eawaiting some sign of welcome or dismissal from the seat's occupant;\u003cbr\u003ereceiving none, he sat down and turned his gaze toward the broad Drive,\u003cbr\u003ewhere people were scattering before the sudden flurry of rain. It\u003cbr\u003esuggested spring rather than autumn, this shower that had swept out of a\u003cbr\u003ewind-blown cloud and was already passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a moment he drew a cigar-case from his pocket, then paused.\u003cbr\u003eObviously, he was not familiar with the etiquette of the public parks,\u003cbr\u003ewith their freedom and lack of formalities. He was beside a woman--a\u003cbr\u003egirl. He had no wish to be inconsiderate, yet, to speak--in suspicious,\u003cbr\u003esardonic New York--that was to invite misconstruction, or a flirtation.\u003cbr\u003eStill----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"May I smoke?\" he suddenly and brusquely shot his question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girl turned towards him. Her eyes were as gray as the rain; heavily\u003cbr\u003eshadowed by their lashes, their expression had a misted aloofness\u003cbr\u003esuggesting thoughts hastily recalled from remote distances. He realized\u003cbr\u003ethat he might have come, smoked, and gone without drawing her notice any\u003cbr\u003emore than a blowing leaf. She was not a beauty, but he liked the\u003cbr\u003eclearing frankness of the glance with which she judged him, and judged\u003cbr\u003earight. He liked it, too, that she did not smile, and that her steadfast\u003cbr\u003eregard showed neither invitation nor hostility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thank you,\" she answered. \"Please do.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe form of her reply seemed to him peculiarly gracious and unexpected,\u003cbr\u003eas if she gave with both hands instead of doling out the merely\u003cbr\u003enecessary. He never had known a woman who gave; they always took, in his\u003cbr\u003eexperience. Unconsciously he lifted his hat in acknowledgment of the\u003cbr\u003etone rather than the permission. That was all, of course. She returned\u003cbr\u003eto her study of river and sky, while he drew out his cigar. But\u003cbr\u003eafterward he looked at her, unobtrusively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was dressed altogether in black, but not the black of mourning, he\u003cbr\u003ejudged. The costume, plain but not shabby, conventional without being\u003cbr\u003eup-to-date, touched him with a vague sense of familiarity, yet escaped\u003cbr\u003erecognition. It should have told him something of her, but it did not,\u003cbr\u003eexcept that she had not much money for frocks. He was only slightly\u003cbr\u003einterested; he might not have glanced her way again if he had not been\u003cbr\u003estruck by her rapt absorption in the sunset panorama before them.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079062896880,"sku":"2940012898012","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012898012_p0.jpg?v=1763573668","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012898012","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}