{"product_id":"2940013894303","title":"Long Odds","description":"Long Odds by Harold Bindloss, author of “Alton of Somasco,” “The Cattle-Baron’s Daughter,” “The Mistress of Bonaventure,” “Winston of The Prairie,” “Delilah of The Snows,” etc.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Thomas Ormsgill\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Restitution\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. His Own People\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Summons\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. A Determined Man\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Desmond Makes an Admission\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Ormsgill Keeps His Word\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Bondswoman\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Anita Becomes a Responsibility\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Ormsgill Asks a Favor\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Desmond Ventures a Hint\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Lister Offers Satisfaction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. His Beneficent Influence\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Herrero’s Imprudence\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Nares Counts the Cost\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Negro Diplomacy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. The Ambuscade\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Dom Clemente Looks on\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. The Delayed Message\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Desmond Goes Ashore\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. On the Beach\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Under Stress\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. The Slackening of Restraint\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. Benicia Makes a Bargain\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. Domingo Appears\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26. The Day of Reckoning\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27. An Error of Judgment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28. The Chefe Stands Fast\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29. Dom Clemente Strikes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30. Ormsgill Bears the Test\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31. On His Trial\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32. Benicia Undertakes an Obligation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Thomas Ormsgill\u003cbr\u003eIt was towards the middle of a sweltering afternoon when Commandant Dom Erminio roused himself to wakefulness as he lay in his Madeira chair on the veranda of Fort San Roque, which stands beside a muddy river of Western Africa. As a rule Dom Erminio slept all the afternoon, which was not astonishing, since there was very little else for him to do, and if there had been he would conscientiously have refrained from doing it as long as possible. It is also very probable that any other intelligent white man similarly circumstanced would have been glad to spend part, at least, of the weary day in merciful oblivion. San Roque is one of the hottest places in Africa, which is saying a good deal, and at night a sour white steam, heavy with the exhalations of putrefaction, rises from the muddy river. They usually bring the white man who breathes them fever of one or several kinds, while even if he endures them scatheless the steamy heat melts the vigor out of him, and the black dejection born of it and the monotony crushes his courage down. San Roque is scorched with pitiless sunshine during part of the year, but it is walled in by never-lifting shadow, for all round the dark forest creeps close up to it.","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147600806128,"sku":"2940013894303","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013894303_p0.jpg?v=1763596766","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013894303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}