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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards. In the Days of My Youth
In the Days of My Youth
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
MY BIRTHPLACE AND PARENTAGE
CHAPTER II
THE LITTLE CHEVALIER
CHAPTER III
THE EVENTS OF AN EVENING
CHAPTER IV
THE CHEVALIER MAKES HIS LAST EXIT
CHAPTER V
IN MEMORIAM
CHAPTER VI
POLONIUS TO LAERTES
CHAPTER VII
AT THE CHEVAL BLANC
CHAPTER VIII
THE ISLAND IN THE RIVER
CHAPTER IX
DAMON AND PYTHIAS
CHAPTER X
THE NEXT MORNING
CHAPTER XI
MYSTERIOUS PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER XII
BROADCLOTH AND CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER XIII
I MAKE MY DEBUT IN SOCIETY
CHAPTER XIV
THE HONORABLE SOCIETY OF LES CHICARDS
THE STUDENT'S STORY
CHAPTER XV
WHAT IT IS TO BE A CAVALIERE SERVENTE
CHAPTER XVI
A CONTRETEMPS IN A CARRIAGE
CHAPTER XVII
THE WIDOW OF A MINISTER OF FINANCE
CHAPTER XVIII
A MARRIAGE NOT "A LA MODE."
CHAPTER XIX
A DINNER AT THE MAISON DORÉE AND AN EVENING PARTY IN THE QUARTIER LATIN
CHAPTER XX
THE CHATEAU DE SAINTE AULAIRE
CHAPTER XXI
I FALL A SACRIFICE TO MRS. GRUNDY
CHAPTER XXII
HIGH ART IN THE QUARTIER LATIN
CHAPTER XXIII
THE QUARTIER LATIN
CHAPTER XXIV
THE FETE AT COURBEVOIE
CHAPTER XXV
THAT TERRIBLE MÜLLER
CHAPTER XXVI
THE PETIT COURIER ILLUSTRÉ
CHAPTER XXVII
THE ÉCOLE DE NATATION
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE RUE DE L'ANCIENNE COMÉDIE AND THE CAFÉ PROCOPE
CHAPTER XXIX
THE PHILOSOPHY OF BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXX
A MAN WITH A HISTORY
CHAPTER XXXI
FANCIES ABOUT FACES
CHAPTER XXXII
RETURNED WITH THANKS
CHAPTER XXXIII
AN EVENING PARTY AMONG THE PETIT-BOURGEOISIE
CHAPTER XXXIV
MY AUNT'S FLOWER GARDEN
CHAPTER XXXV
WEARY AND FAR DISTANT
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE VICOMTE DE CAYLUS
CHAPTER XXXVII
GUICHET THE MODEL
CHAPTER XXXVIII
NUMBER TWO HUNDRED AND SEVEN
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE END OF BRAS BE FER
CHAPTER XL
THE ENIGMA OF THE THIRD STORY
CHAPTER XLI
A CHRONICLE ABOUT FROISSART
CHAPTER XLII
THE OLD, OLD STORY
CHAPTER XLIII
ON A WINTER'S EVENING
CHAPTER XLIV
A PRESCRIPTION
CHAPTER XLV
UNDER THE STARS
CHAPTER XLVI
THERMOPYLÆ
CHAPTER XLVII
ALL ABOUT ART
CHAPTER XLVIII
I MAKE MYSELF ACQUAINTED WITH THE IMPOLITE WORLD. AND ITS PLACES OP UNFASHIONABLE RESORT
CHAPTER XLIX
THE KING OF DIAMONDS
CHAPTER L
THE DUEL AT BELLEVUE
CHAPTER LI
THE PORTRAIT
CHAPTER LII
NEWS FROM ENGLAND
CHAPTER LIII
THE FADING OF THE RAINBOW
CHAPTER LIV
TREATETH OF MANY THINGS; BUT CHIEFLY OF BOOKS AND POETS
CHAPTER LV
MY BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER LVI
BRINGETH THIS TRUE STORY TO AN END
THE END
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Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
A Novel
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My father's countenance softened.
"My good friend," he said, gently, "we are none of us safe for even a day, or an hour; but after all, that which we call danger is merely a relative position. I have known men in a state more precarious than yours who lived to a long old age, and I see no reason to doubt that with good living, good spirits, and precaution, you stand as fair a chance as another."
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