{"product_id":"2940013427563","title":"THE PRODIGAL JUDGE","description":"CHAPTER I. THE BOY AT THE BARONY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Quintards had not prospered on the barren lands of the pine woods\u003cbr\u003ewhither they had emigrated to escape the malaria of the low coast, but\u003cbr\u003ethis no longer mattered, for the last of his name and race, old General\u003cbr\u003eQuintard, was dead in the great house his father had built almost a\u003cbr\u003ecentury before and the thin acres of the Barony, where he had made his\u003cbr\u003elast stand against age and poverty, were to claim him, now that he had\u003cbr\u003egiven up the struggle in their midst. The two or three old slaves about\u003cbr\u003ethe place, stricken with a sense of the futility of the fight their\u003cbr\u003emaster had made, mourned for him and for themselves, but of his own\u003cbr\u003eblood and class none was present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShy dwellers from the pine woods, lanky jeans-clad men and sunbonneted\u003cbr\u003ewomen, who were gathering for the burial of the famous man of their\u003cbr\u003eneighborhood, grouped themselves about the lawn which had long since\u003cbr\u003esunk to the uses of a pasture lot. Singly or by twos and threes they\u003cbr\u003estole up the steps and across the wide porch to the open door. On the\u003cbr\u003eright of the long hall another door stood open, and who wished could\u003cbr\u003eenter the drawing-room, with its splendid green and gold paper, and the\u003cbr\u003ewonderful fireplace with the Dutch tiles that graphically depicted the\u003cbr\u003estory of Jonah and the whale.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145819537648,"sku":"2940013427563","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013427563_p0.jpg?v=1763580780","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013427563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}