The Sin That Was His
The Sin That Was His by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard is available here as the complete text, split into 1404 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Sin That Was His by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #51983.
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The Sin That Was His
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II The Toast
- Chapter III The Curé
- Chapter IV On the Road to St. Marleau
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII At the Presbytère
- Chapter VIII Thou Shalt Not Kill
- Chapter IX Until the Dawn
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI “Henri Mentone”
- Chapter XII His Brother's Keeper
- Chapter XIII The Confederate
- Chapter XIV The House on the Point
- Chapter XV How Henri Mentone Rode with Jacques Bourget
- Chapter XVI For the Murder of Théophile Blondin
- Chapter XVII The Common Cup
- Chapter XVIII The Call in the Night
- Chapter XIX The Two Sinners
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII Monsignor the Bishop
- Chapter XXIV The Old Woman on the Hill
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