# The Gentleman Who Vanished: A Psychological Phantasy

Author: Hume, Fergus, 1859-1932

Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55417

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Gentleman+Who+Vanished%3A+A+Psychological+Phantasy+Hume&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was an oppressively hot night towards the end of June, and the heavy still atmosphere surcharged with electricity was full of premonitions of storm. Here in London the glare and glitter of myriad lamps seemed to be crushed down by a lowering sky, in which the stars were almost hidden by great masses of sombre clouds. Every now and then a thin thread of lightning flashed ghost-like through the murky air and the low hoarse roll of the thunder which followed, seemed to warn mankind that Nature was in one of her angry moods. So hot, terribly hot, one could hardly breathe in the crowded streets, where throngs of people, well-dressed and otherwise principally otherwise were sweeping along in...

## Chapters

- [Chapter IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-gentleman-who-vanished-a-psychological-phantasy-55417/chapters/9/index.md)