Category: Romance
The author, who is merely an inventor of stories, may at little cost impress his readers with the scope of his general knowledge. For he may place the scene of his story in Milan at the Court of the Visconti and throw back the action half a thousand years, drawing across his s...
The author, who is merely an inventor of stories, may at little cost impress his readers with the scope of his general knowledge. For he may place the scene of his story in Mila...
2. Part 2"After all," mused the Duke with admirable philosophy, "a tail isn't one thing or another with a cat--now a horse or a cow needs a tail to keep the flies away, a dog needs a tai...
3. Part 3Only for an instant had he entertained the suspicion that there might be Another Man, but this he dismissed as ridiculous. Alicia's refusal was very natural. She had been piqued...
4. Part 4"Now what I want to know is this: can you find out something about this Duke fellow--the man at 64? I'm pretty sure he's a rotter, and I'm absolutely certain that he has documen...
5. Part 5The Duke had secured a few minutes alone with the girl. The remainder of the guests had departed, and Hank was keeping Mrs. Terrill mildly amused with an exposition of his philo...
6. Part 6This is the briefest extract, the merest glimpse of the moving pageant that fills the suburban stage. It leaves much to the imagination--the elation of Mr. Nape, the enthusiasm...
7. Part 7"How to describe the meeting between Alicia and the Duke!" the painstaking author would think. Should she rise with heightened colour, her fingers convulsively clutching that po...
8. Part 8It would seem that up to this moment the feud that existed between the ducal establishment and the knight bachelors entourage was of a private character. That Brockley pursued a...
9. Part 9"I will go further," he said, as Bill struck a match, "I tell you that I think you ought to abandon your object, which is, in my humble opinion, unchristianlike and unlawful, bu...
10. Part 10"We don't think you treat this matter seriously enough," said Mr. Nape severely; "we have a certain duty to our party; a certain responsibility to our public; the whole district...
11. Part 11"That's beside the question: this is supposed to be an open letter addressed to Sir Harry; I can't chuck words of poetry at his unfortunate head--after all he's been punished en...
12. Part 12Tuppy believed, when he said this, he was speaking the truth. It was the surest sign of his confidence and friendship, that he added to the history of his life--a history filed...