{"product_id":"2940013427617","title":"THE PRINCESS PASSES","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. WOMAN DISPOSES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II. MERCÉDÈS TO THE RESCUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III. MY LESSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV. POTS, KETTLES, AND OTHER THINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V. IN SEARCH OF A MULE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI. THE WINGS OF THE WIND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII. AT LAST!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. THE MAKING OF A MYSTERY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX. THE BRAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X. THE SCRAPING OF ACQUAINTANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI. A SHADOW OF NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII. THE PRINCESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. AFTERNOON CALLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. THE PATH OF THE MOON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV. ENTER THE CONTESSA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVI. A MAN FROM THE DARK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. THE LITTLE GAME OF FLIRTATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. RANK TYRANNY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIX. THE LITTLE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XX. THE GREAT PAOLO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXI. THE CHALLENGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. AN AMERICAN CUSTOM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXIII. THERE IS NO SUCH GIRL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV. THE REVENGE OF THE MOUNTAIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXV. THE AMERICANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI. THE VANISHING OF THE PRINCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVII. THE STRANGE MUSHROOM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII. THE WORLD WITHOUT THE BOY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX. THE FAIRY PRINCE'S RING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXX. THE DAY OF SUSPENSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI. THE BOY'S SISTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWoman Disposes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \"Away, away, from men and towns,\u003cbr\u003e     To the wild wood and the downs,\u003cbr\u003e       To the silent wilderness.\"\u003cbr\u003e              --PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To your happiness,\" I said, lifting my glass, and looking the girl in\u003cbr\u003ethe eyes. She had the grace to blush, which was the least that she\u003cbr\u003ecould do, for a moment ago she had jilted me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe way of it was this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI had met her and her mother the winter before at Davos, where I had\u003cbr\u003ebeen sent after South Africa, and a spell of playing fast and loose\u003cbr\u003ewith my health--a possession usually treated as we treat the poor,\u003cbr\u003ewhom we expect to have always with us. Helen Blantock had been the\u003cbr\u003esuccess of her season in London, had paid for her triumphs with a\u003cbr\u003ebreakdown, and we had stopped at the same hotel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe girl's reputation as a beauty had marched before her, blowing\u003cbr\u003etrumpets. She was the prettiest girl in Davos, as she had been the\u003cbr\u003eprettiest in London; and I shared with other normal, self-respecting\u003cbr\u003emen the amiable weakness of wishing to monopolise the woman most\u003cbr\u003ewanted by others. During the process I fell in love, and Helen was\u003cbr\u003ekind.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145670803696,"sku":"2940013427617","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013427617_p0.jpg?v=1763581131","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013427617","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}