{"product_id":"2940013902459","title":"THE LUCKY PIECE","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHAPTER                                       PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       PROLOGUE                                      1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     1 BUT PALADINS RIDE FAR BETWEEN                 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     2 OUT IN THE BLOWY WET WEATHER                 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     3 THE DEEP WOODS OF ENCHANTMENT                34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     4 A BRIEF LECTURE AND SOME INTRODUCTIONS       48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     5 A FLOWER ON A MOUNTAIN TOP                   66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     6 IN THE \"DEVIL'S GARDEN\"                      80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     7 THE PATH THAT LEADS BACK TO BOYHOOD          99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     8 WHAT CAME OUT OF THE MIST                   115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     9 A SHELTER IN THE FOREST                     134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    10 THE HERMIT'S STORY                          148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    11 DURING THE ABSENCE OF CONSTANCE             166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    12 CONSTANCE RETURNS AND HEARS A STORY         183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    13 WHAT THE SMALL WOMAN IN BLACK SAW           193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    14 WHAT MISS CARROWAY DID                      208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    15 EDITH AND FRANK                             219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    16 THE LUCKY PIECE                             233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       EPILOGUE                                    250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LUCKY PIECE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROLOGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a sharp turn just above the hill. The North Elba stage\u003cbr\u003esometimes hesitates there before taking the plunge into the valley\u003cbr\u003ebelow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this was late September. The morning was brisk, the mountains\u003cbr\u003eglorified, the tourists were going home. The four clattering, snorting\u003cbr\u003ehorses swung into the turn and made straight for the brow--the stout,\u003cbr\u003eruddy-faced driver holding hard on the lines, but making no further\u003cbr\u003eeffort to check them. Then the boy in the front seat gave his usual\u003cbr\u003e\"Hey! look there!\" and, the other passengers obeying, as they always\u003cbr\u003edid, saw something not especially related to Algonquin, or Tahawus, or\u003cbr\u003eWhiteface--the great mountains whose slopes were ablaze with autumn,\u003cbr\u003etheir peaks already tipped with snow--that was not, indeed, altogether\u003cbr\u003eAdirondack scenery. Where the bend came, at the brink, a little\u003cbr\u003eweather-beaten cottage cornered--a place with apple trees and some\u003cbr\u003efaded summer flowers. In the road in front was a broad flat stone, and\u003cbr\u003eupon it a single figure--a little girl of not more than eight--her arm\u003cbr\u003eextended toward the approaching stage, in her hand a saucer of berries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tourists had passed a number of children already, but this one was\u003cbr\u003edifferent. The others had been mostly in flocks--soiled, stringy-haired\u003cbr\u003elittle mountaineers, who had gathered to see the stage go by. The\u003cbr\u003esmooth, oval face of this child, rich under the tan, was clean, the dark\u003cbr\u003ehair closely brushed--her dress a simple garment, though of a fashion\u003cbr\u003eunfavored by the people of the hills. All this could be comprehended in\u003cbr\u003ethe brief glance allowed the passengers; also the deep wistful look\u003cbr\u003ewhich followed them as the stage whirled by without stopping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lady in the back seat (she had been in Italy) murmured something about\u003cbr\u003ea \"child Madonna.\" Another said, \"Poor little thing!\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070341333232,"sku":"2940013902459","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013902459_p0.jpg?v=1763596949","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013902459","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}