Category: Romance
“Mr. Besier is a man who can see and think for himself, and constructs as setting for the result of that activity a form of his own. The construction of ‘Don’ is as daring as it is original.”—Mr. Max Beerbohm in _The Saturday Review_.
Just now you believed your son had been impertinently taking Clare to task for her charming friendship with Michael Cosway. I am convinced you were mistaken. It was Clare who ha...
1. Part 1“Mr. Besier is a man who can see and think for himself, and constructs as setting for the result of that activity a form of his own. The construction of ‘Don’ is as daring as it...
4. Part 4Me, sir? Drinking? ’Pon me honour, sir, I ain’t touched a drop o’ that whisky. It’s mortal ’ard, sir, that a man o’ my years should be tole ’e’s in liquor twice in one evenin’!...
2. Part 2How I wish that you and I were alone on a little island in the Ægean Archipelago!... Hush! (_The sound of a motor in the distance._) Do you hear? A motor-car coming up the drive...
3. Part 3_When all the world is young, lad,_ _And all the trees are green,_ _And every goose a swan, lad,_ _And every lass a queen,_ _Then, hey! for boot and horse, lad,_ _And round the...
6. Part 6His conduct has been splendid. That detestable creature got hold of him somehow, and he behaved perfectly from start to finish. Of course you side with her because you think her...
7. Part 7(_Pouring forth the words in a torrent of passionate entreaty. LADY PATRICIA stands staring at him first in bewilderment, then in amazement, then in dawning comprehension, final...