Project Gutenberg 2022-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 232 Hill, Grace Livingston 1865 1947 Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill Livingston, Grace Hoskins, Gayle Porter 1887 1962 The best man $aUnited States :$bGrosset & Dunlap,$c1913,copyright 1914. Steve Mattern, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Best Man" by Grace Livingston Hill is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Cyril Gordon, a young man in the secret service, who embarks on a mission of national importance that requires him to assume a false identity. The unfolding narrative juxtaposes his high-stakes assignment with his personal life as he grapples with romance and responsibility, specifically regarding his feelings for Julia Bentley and the unexpected turn his mission takes. At the start of the story, Cyril Gordon is called to an urgent meeting with his chief, who entrusts him with a crucial task involving the retrieval of a stolen cipher message in New York. As he navigates the challenges of his assignment, he struggles with personal reflections about his relationship with Julia, contemplating the implications of marriage. The narrative takes a surprising turn when, due to a series of misunderstandings, he inadvertently finds himself as the best man at a wedding, marrying the delicate and sorrowful bride, Celia. This unexpected event forces him to confront his dual obligations: to fulfill his mission and protect his new bride amid growing dangers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/bestman00hill_0/page/n3/mode/2up 20220723063357hilllutz 1913 US Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Impostors and imposture -- Fiction Religious fiction Romantic suspense fiction Government investigators -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 433161 2025-06-27T11:24:11.162360 text/html 408078 2024-10-19T02:30:39 text/html 760752 2025-06-27T11:24:16.916319 application/epub+zip 757591 2025-06-27T11:24:12.417358 application/epub+zip 320330 2025-06-27T11:24:11.729398 application/epub+zip 1364044 2025-06-27T11:24:20.523330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1090806 2025-06-27T11:24:16.321334 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398012 2025-06-27T11:24:10.564341 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 378046 2024-10-19T02:30:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17565 2025-06-27T11:24:20.659318 application/rdf+xml 25792 2025-06-27T11:24:11.920376 image/jpeg 4718 2025-06-27T11:24:11.823341 image/jpeg 995318 2025-06-27T11:24:11.212379 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia