Flames by Robert Smythe Hichens
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FLAMES
BY ROBERT HICHENS AUTHOR OF THE GARDEN OF ALLAH, ETC. COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY HERBERT S. STONE & CO. This edition published July, 1906, by Duffield & Company BOOK I--VALENTINE CHAPTER I THE SAINT OF VICTORIA STREET Refinement had more power over the soul of Valentine Cresswell than religion. It governed him with a curious ease of supremacy, and held him back without effort from most of the young man's sins. Each age has its special sins. Each age passes them, like troops in review, before |
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