{"product_id":"2940013172579","title":"THE FRONTIER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                             PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I A HEAD BETWEEN THE BUSHES         3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II THE GIRL WITH THE BARE ARMS      17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III THE VIOLET PAMPHLET              30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV PHILIPPE AND HIS WIFE            46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V THE SHEET OF NOTE-PAPER          58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI THE PLASTER STATUE               66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII EVE TRIUMPHANT                   76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII THE TRAP                         94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I THE TWO WOMEN                   107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II PHILIPPE TELLS A LIE            118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III FATHER AND SON                  133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV THE ENQUIRIES                   150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V THE THUNDERCLAP                 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI THE BUTTE-AUX-LOUPS             177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII MARTHE ASKS A QUESTION          195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII THE STAGES TO CALVARY           208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I THE ARMED VIGIL                 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II THEY WHO GO TO THEIR DEATH      249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III IDEAS AND FACTS                 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV THE SACRED SOIL                 281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FRONTIER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA HEAD BETWEEN THE BUSHES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"They've done it!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The German frontier-post ... at the circus of the Butte-aux-Loups.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What about it?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Knocked down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nonsense!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"See for yourself.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld Morestal stepped aside. His wife came out of the drawing-room and\u003cbr\u003ewent and stood by the telescope, on its tripod, at the end of the\u003cbr\u003eterrace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can see nothing,\" she said, presently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Don't you see a tree standing out above the others, with lighter\u003cbr\u003efoliage?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And, to the right of that tree, a little lower down, an empty space\u003cbr\u003esurrounded by fir-trees?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That's the circus of the Butte-aux-Loups and it marks the frontier at\u003cbr\u003ethat spot.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ah, I've got it!... There it is!... You mean on the ground, don't you?\u003cbr\u003eLying flat on the grass, exactly as if it had been rooted up by last\u003cbr\u003enight's storm....\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What are you talking about? It has been fairly felled with an axe: you\u003cbr\u003ecan see the gash from here.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So I can ... so I can....\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe stood up and shook her head:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That makes the third time this year.... It will mean more\u003cbr\u003eunpleasantness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fiddle-de-dee!\" he exclaimed. \"All they've got to do is to put up a\u003cbr\u003esolid post, instead of their old bit of wood.\" And he added, in a tone\u003cbr\u003eof pride, \"The French post, two yards off, doesn't budge, you know!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, of course not! It's made of cast-iron and cemented into the\u003cbr\u003estone.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079303282928,"sku":"2940013172579","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013172579_p0.jpg?v=1763577987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013172579","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}