The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation: A Christmas Story
                                            
                            By Louisa May Alcott
                            
                                4 Nov, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Brief Extract: “There was some mystery there which I shall discover in time. All went smoothly till that unlucky yachting trip, when the cousins were wrecked. Maurice saved Jasper's life, and almost lost his own in so doing. I fancy he wishes he ha
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                                                Brief Extract: “There was some mystery there which I shall discover in time. All went smoothly till that unlucky yachting trip, when the cousins were wrecked. Maurice saved Jasper's life, and almost lost his own in so doing. I fancy he wishes he had, rather than remain the poor cripple he is. Exposure, exertion, and neglect afterward brought on paralysis of the lower limbs, and there he is—a fine, talented, spirited fellow tied to that cursed chair like a decrepit old man.” Less