The Trees of Pride

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1. I. The Tale of the Peacock Trees (1)
   Squire Vane was an elderly schoolboy of English education and Irish extraction. His English education, at one of the great public schools,…
2. I. The Tale of the Peacock Trees (2)
   “Oh, it’s dramatic in its way,” admitted Vane, not without a faint satisfaction. “It’s all about those things over there we call the peacoc…
3. II. The Wager of Squire Vane (1)
   It was more than a month before the legend of the peacock trees was again discussed in the Squire’s circle. It fell out one evening, when h…
4. II. The Wager of Squire Vane (2)
   “You are sure,” said Paynter, looking at the table, “that Squire Vane is dead?” “More than that,” said Ashe, still staring at the leaves. “…
5. III. The Mystery of the Well (1)
   Cyprian Paynter did not know what he expected to see rise out of the well—the corpse of the murdered man or merely the spirit of the founta…
6. III. The Mystery of the Well (2)
   Soon, however, the way the girl took it began to move him to perplexity rather than pity. It was like nothing he had expected, and yet he c…
7. IV. The Chase After the Truth (1)
   Some time after the inquest, which had ended in the inconclusive verdict which Mr. Andrew Ashe had himself predicted and achieved, Paynter…
8. IV. The Chase After the Truth (2)
   “I’m afraid I’m fond of practical jokes,” he said, “and this I suppose is my last grand practical joke. But I want you to understand that t…