Category: Humour
PAGE I. SUGAR AND LEMON 1 II. A HYPOTHETICAL CASE 10 III. A MILITARY MANŒUVRE 21 IV. A CHILDREN’S PARTY 32 V. THE IDEAL IN PERIL 47 VI. A CORNER IN TREACLE 58 VII. THREE’S COMPANY 69 VIII. A VETERAN RECRUIT 81 IX. THE ETHICS OF ANGLING 97 X. AN UNDRESS REHEARSAL 109 XI. QUEEN...
PAGE I. SUGAR AND LEMON 1 II. A HYPOTHETICAL CASE 10 III. A MILITARY MANŒUVRE 21 IV. A CHILDREN’S PARTY 32 V. THE IDEAL IN PERIL 47 VI. A CORNER IN TREACLE 58 VII. THREE’S COMPA...
2. Part 2“Then,” I replied, “they but unnerve the warrior in the hour of his trial. He does not fight for his country, but for his wife. No. It is the bachelor soldier who has my venerat...
3. Part 3A tray was brought in, and this attentive lady fluttered round the little silver urn, and ministered to my _paresse_ with tea and lemon. I grew humorously melancholy, and lapsed...
4. Part 4She looked suspiciously, but my face was very grave. The waiter appeared with coffee, and Arthur resumed his seat, this time without apology. He was anxious to make it up, but I...
5. Part 5I ought not to have done it. I reproach myself for it. But the temptation! Miss Gibson was really nice, if not “quite nice.” It was unfair; but I am of no stronger fibre than my...
6. Part 6Luckily this treasonable utterance was unheard by the Eton boys, with whom sentiment and cricket hung in highly disproportionate balance. I was satisfied, at least, that if it c...
7. Part 7“Dear little Vi,” I approved. “Her conversation never did lack the relish of revelation. You must not suppose, Arthur, that I have not had the normal past that my years would gu...
8. Part 8She was still unenlightened, but I saw that Millicent guessed. I made places for them on either side of me, but Mrs. Loring hesitated, standing. No chance is too trivial for a m...