The Secret Victory

You, who have read the three volumes of _The Sensationalists_ in manuscript, place me under further obligation by allowing me to dedicate the third to you in commemoration of a...

“Though your wife ran away with a soldier that day, And took with her your trifle of money; Bless your heart, they don’t mind—they’re exceedingly kind— They don’t blame you—as l...

“And now... now that everything has turned out as I told you it would, what do you mean to do?” “I suppose... we must begin all over again.” EIMAR O’DUFFY: “THE WASTED ISLAND.”

“Eastward was the wise man’s course.... Mr. Polly saw himself going along it with all the self-applause a wise man feels. But somehow it wouldn’t come like that... the figure we...

“_Can you spare a moment to see me some time? You may remember Mrs. O’Rane’s party and a young man whom we agreed not to like. I want to find out all I can about him...._”

Half-past twelve was striking, as Eric entered his flat. A pile of letters awaited him, but he went into his bedroom without looking at them and began to undress. His unexpected...

Eric drove to Ryder Street with the knowledge that he had been beaten; and for the first time, now that it was too late to be of any use, he explored his motives in going. An in...

Though the sun shone with warm encouragement as Eric swerved and rattled through the forbidding Sunday calm of Eaton Place, he was chilled by anxiety, a broken night and a sense...

“... And by and by my Soul return’d to me, And answer’d ‘I Myself am Heav’n and Hell: Heav’n but the Vision of fulfill’d Desire, And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire...” EDWA...

“... Love so, then, if thou wilt! Give all thou canst Away to the new faces—disentranced, (Say it and think it) obdurate no more: Re-issue looks and words from the old mint, Pas...

As Lady Maitland’s car drove away from Euston, Carstairs set himself to divide the luggage and find seats for the rest of the party. His wife was sent with Madame Pinto, Amy Lor...

Would I lose you now? would I take you then, If I lose you now that my heart has need? And come what may after death to men, What thing worth this will the dead years breed? Los...

“So when morning was come, he goes to them in a surly manner, as before, and perceiving them to be very sore with the stripes that he had given them the day before, he told them...

“Your distresses in your journey... are proper seasonings for the greater fatigues and distresses, which you must expect in your travels; and, if one had a mind to moralize, one...

“He could not, Himself, make a second self To be His mate; as well have made Himself: He would not make what He mislikes or slights, An eyesore to Him, or not worth His pains: B...