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OSCAR WILDE SHORT STORIES
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME
Chapter 1
It was lady Windemere's last reception, every one was there. All the beautiful pepole were theree. Lady Windemere's asked his palm reader to read some hands. When he read Lord Arthur Savile's hand he went pale and his hands clammy. He said Lord would lose a distant relative. He said Lord Arthur was a charming man. Obviouslyit wasn't all the truth. Later Lord Arthur asked Mr. Podgers to be told all the truth , all the horrible truth. Mr. Podgers accepted for an amount of money.
Chapter 2.
Lord Arthur was told that he would comit a murder. He was horrified and walked all night without knowing what to do, he heard blows and curses. He went home in the morning.
Chapter 3.
The next day had a diferent view ofwhat was to happen. He took what Mr. Podgers said as a duty to be able to marry Sybil. He thought that he could not marry Sybil until he had no pressure having to comit a murder; if not it was a betrayal. The sooner the murder was committed, the better it would be for both of them. So he made a list of his possible victims. He decided that it would be Lady Clementina , an old lady, his secondcousin on his mother's side. He prepared her a pill filled with poison. He gave it to her as an american pill against indigestion so it must be taken when he had an attack.
Lord Arthur told Sybil to postpone his marriage, and she felt very sad but he trusted him. He left for Venice.
Chapter 4.
He spent 2 weeks in Venice with his brother and then his brother convinced him to go down the coastto Ravenna. He became anxious about Lady Clementina and he took a train to Venice. He found a telegram that said that she had died he felt good. He had to go back to London because she had left him his house and furniture , it wasn't a fortune but that touched Lord Arthur. Arthur planned his marriage for the 17Th of June.
He , Sybil , and the lawyer went to the house; the surprise was when Sybilfound the box where there was the pill and it was still there. Arthur discovered that Lady Celementina had died a natural death.
Chapter 5.
Mr Merton and Sybil's mother were really upset at the second postponement of the marriage and did everything to end the relationship, but they couldn't change her mind.
Lord Arthur Savile thought that dynamite was the proper thing to try in his nextattempt, he decided to blow up his uncle , the Dean of Chinchester who loved clocks. He decided to send him an explosive clock and for that asked for his friend Count Rouvaloff, a young Russian of revolutionary tendencies to find a place where he could get the clock. He went there and they gave him the clock without any charge and it was supposed to explode on Friday at noon but nothing happenedat all. A few days later they received a letter from the Deanery , it was his cousin, who told about the clock , they thougth it was a toy , a present from someone which liked them very much.
Lord Arthur was in despair, he went out , he was sad, he had tried to do his duty but Fate wasn't kind to him. We sat by the river and then saw Mr. Podegs, and he had a thought, he killed him , he drownedin the river.
The following days he was afraid of failure, he saw Mr. Podgers everywhere, finally came the news that talked about a suicide, Mr. Podger's suicide. Then he felt relieved , he was happy then he could marry Sybil.
Chapter 6
They got married , they were a handsome couple and happy. Two little children were born. Lady Windemere went there to visit them some time. Once she wastalking to Sybil about love and also talked about Mr. Podgers she liked him although he was an impostor and didn't tell the truth at all. When Arthur was asked if he trusted in palm readers he said yes and said he owe them his marriage and his happiness. Lady Windemere dind't understand anything and said it was nonsense.
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE.
Hughie Erskine was an enchanting, useless young...
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME
Chapter 1
It was lady Windemere's last reception, every one was there. All the beautiful pepole were theree. Lady Windemere's asked his palm reader to read some hands. When he read Lord Arthur Savile's hand he went pale and his hands clammy. He said Lord would lose a distant relative. He said Lord Arthur was a charming man. Obviouslyit wasn't all the truth. Later Lord Arthur asked Mr. Podgers to be told all the truth , all the horrible truth. Mr. Podgers accepted for an amount of money.
Chapter 2.
Lord Arthur was told that he would comit a murder. He was horrified and walked all night without knowing what to do, he heard blows and curses. He went home in the morning.
Chapter 3.
The next day had a diferent view ofwhat was to happen. He took what Mr. Podgers said as a duty to be able to marry Sybil. He thought that he could not marry Sybil until he had no pressure having to comit a murder; if not it was a betrayal. The sooner the murder was committed, the better it would be for both of them. So he made a list of his possible victims. He decided that it would be Lady Clementina , an old lady, his secondcousin on his mother's side. He prepared her a pill filled with poison. He gave it to her as an american pill against indigestion so it must be taken when he had an attack.
Lord Arthur told Sybil to postpone his marriage, and she felt very sad but he trusted him. He left for Venice.
Chapter 4.
He spent 2 weeks in Venice with his brother and then his brother convinced him to go down the coastto Ravenna. He became anxious about Lady Clementina and he took a train to Venice. He found a telegram that said that she had died he felt good. He had to go back to London because she had left him his house and furniture , it wasn't a fortune but that touched Lord Arthur. Arthur planned his marriage for the 17Th of June.
He , Sybil , and the lawyer went to the house; the surprise was when Sybilfound the box where there was the pill and it was still there. Arthur discovered that Lady Celementina had died a natural death.
Chapter 5.
Mr Merton and Sybil's mother were really upset at the second postponement of the marriage and did everything to end the relationship, but they couldn't change her mind.
Lord Arthur Savile thought that dynamite was the proper thing to try in his nextattempt, he decided to blow up his uncle , the Dean of Chinchester who loved clocks. He decided to send him an explosive clock and for that asked for his friend Count Rouvaloff, a young Russian of revolutionary tendencies to find a place where he could get the clock. He went there and they gave him the clock without any charge and it was supposed to explode on Friday at noon but nothing happenedat all. A few days later they received a letter from the Deanery , it was his cousin, who told about the clock , they thougth it was a toy , a present from someone which liked them very much.
Lord Arthur was in despair, he went out , he was sad, he had tried to do his duty but Fate wasn't kind to him. We sat by the river and then saw Mr. Podegs, and he had a thought, he killed him , he drownedin the river.
The following days he was afraid of failure, he saw Mr. Podgers everywhere, finally came the news that talked about a suicide, Mr. Podger's suicide. Then he felt relieved , he was happy then he could marry Sybil.
Chapter 6
They got married , they were a handsome couple and happy. Two little children were born. Lady Windemere went there to visit them some time. Once she wastalking to Sybil about love and also talked about Mr. Podgers she liked him although he was an impostor and didn't tell the truth at all. When Arthur was asked if he trusted in palm readers he said yes and said he owe them his marriage and his happiness. Lady Windemere dind't understand anything and said it was nonsense.
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE.
Hughie Erskine was an enchanting, useless young...
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