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THE NEST-BUILDER
_A NOVEL_
BY BEATRICE FORBES-ROBERTSON HALE
AUTHOR OF "WHAT WOMEN WANT"
_WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY J. HENRY_
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CONTENTS
PART I
MATE-SONG
PART II
MATED
PART III
THE NESTLING
PART IV
WINGS
PART V
THE BUILDER
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PART I
MATE-SONG
I
Outbound from Liverpool, the Lusitania bucked down the Irish Sea against
a September gale. Aft in her second-class quarters each shouldering from
the waves brought a sickening vibration as one or another of the ship's
great propellers raced out of water. The gong had sounded for the second
sitting, and trails of hungry and weary travelers, trooping down the
companionway, met files of still more uneasy diners emerging from the
saloon. The grinding jar of the vessel, the heavy smell of food, and the
pound of ragtime combined to produce an effect as of some sordid and
demoniac orgy--an effect derided by the smug respectability of the
saloon's furnishings.
Stefan Byrd, taking in the scene as he balanced a precarious way to his
seat, felt every hypercritical sense rising in revolt.
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