CONTENTS Chapter Page DICK BENYON'S OUTSIDER 1 MOMENTS 16 SANDRO'S WAY 31 HE'S COMING! 46 WHIMSY-WHAMSIES 65 ON DUTY HILL 84 ADVICE FROM AUNT MARIA 101 CONTRA MUNDUM 120 LEAD US NOT— 137 PRACTICAL POLITICS 155 SEVENTY-SEVEN AND SUSY SINNETT 176 A HIGHLY CORRECT ATTITUDE 196 NOT SUPERHUMAN 215 OPEN EYES 235 A STRANGE IDEA 257 THE IRREVOCABLE 279 DONE FOR? 301 FOR LACK OF LOVE? 321 DEATH DEFIED 339 THE QUIET LIFE TO-MORROW 355 A RELICT 371
CONTENTS I. The Child of Prophecy 3 II. The Way of Youth 18 III. The Music of the World 33 IV. Cydaria revealed 49 V. I am forbidden to forget 65 VI. An Invitation to Court 84 VII. What came of Honesty 103 VIII. Madness, Magic, and Moonshine 122 IX. Of Gems and Pebbles 140 X. Je Viens, Tu Viens, Il Vient 160 XI. The Gentleman from Calais 180 XII. The Deference of His Grace the Duke 201 XIII. The Meed of Curiosity 222 XIV. The King's Cup 244 XV. M. de Perrencourt whispers 263 XVI. M. de Perrencourt wonders 283 XVIII.[Pg 2] Some Mighty Silly Business 324 XIX. A Night on the Road 345 XX. The Vicar's Proposition 362 XXI. The Strange Conjuncture of Two Gentlemen 378 XXII. The Device of Lord Carford 396 XXIII. A Pleasant Penitence 414 XXIV. A Comedy before the King 434 XXV. The Mind of M. de Fontelles 451 XXVI. I come Home 468
TRISTRAM OF BLENT An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House By Anthony Hope CONTENTS PAGE I A Suppressed Passage 1 II Mr Cholderton's Imp 10 III On Guard 22 IV She Could an' She Would 34 V The First Round 48 VI The Attraction of It 61 VII The Moment Draws Near 74 VIII Duty and Mr Neeld 88 IX The Man in Possession 101 X Behold the Heir! 114 XI A Phantom by the Pool 129 XII Fighters and Doubters 143 XIII In the Long Gallery 158 XIV The Very Same Day 173 XV An Inquisition Interrupted 190 XVI The New Life 205 XVII River Scenes and Bric-à-Brac 220 XVIII Conspirators and a Crux 233 XIX In the Matter of Blinkhampton 248 XX The Tristram Way—A Specimen 264 XXI The Persistence of Blent 279 XXII An Insult to the Blood 296 XXIII A Decree of Banishment 312 XXIV After the End of All 328 XXV There's the Lady Too! 342 XXVI A Business Call 358 XXVII Before Translation 375 XXVIII The Cat and the Bell 391 XXIX The Curmudgeon 407 XXX Till the Next Generation 420