Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes

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Anstey F.. Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes

PART I. SHADOWS CAST BEFORE

PART II. SELECT PASSAGES FROM A COMING POET

PART III. THE TWO ANDROMEDAS

PART IV. RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS

PART V. CROSS PURPOSES

PART VI. ROUND PEGS IN SQUARE HOLES

PART VII. IGNOTUM PRO MIRIFICO

PART VIII. SURPRISES – AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE

PART IX. THE MAUVAIS QUART D'HEURE

PART X. BORROWED PLUMES

PART XI. TIME AND THE HOUR

PART XII. DIGNITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES

PART XIII. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

PART XIV. LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI

PART XV. TRAPPED!

PART XVI. AN INTELLECTUAL PRIVILEGE

PART XVII. A BOMB SHELL

PART XVIII. THE LAST STRAW

PART XIX. UNEARNED INCREMENT

PART XX. DIFFERENT PERSONS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS

PART XXI. THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER

PART XXII. A DESCENT FROM THE CLOUDS

PART XXIII. SHRINKAGE

PART XXIV. THE HAPPY DISPATCH

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Miss Spelwane. Why, you don't mean to say you've torn yourselves away from your beloved billiards already? Quite wonderful!

Bertie Pilliner. It's too horrid of you to leave us to play all by ourselves! We've all got so cross and fractious we've come in here to be petted!

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And so on, don't you know… Now I'll read you a regular rouser called "A Trumpet Blast." Sit tight, everybody!

Lady Culverin. So glad you all contrive to keep your spirits up, in spite of this dismal weather. What is it that's amusing you all so much, eh, dear Vivien?

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