"A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Arthur Conan Doyle. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus
A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus
Table of Contents
THE OVERTURE. I. ABOUT THAT DATE
THE OVERTURE CONTINUED. II. IN A MINOR KEY
THE OVERTURE CONCLUDED
THE TWO SOLOS
IN BRITAIN’S VALHALLA
TWO SOLOS AND A DUET
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
THE HOME-COMING
LAYING A COURSE
CONFESSIONS
CONCERNING MRS. BEETON
MR. SAMUEL PEPYS
A VISIT TO MR. SAMUEL PEPYS
TROUBLE
A RESCUE
THE BROWNING SOCIETY
AN INVESTMENT
A THUNDERCLOUD
DANGER
No. 5 CHEYNE ROW
THE LAST NOTE OF THE DUET
THE TRIO
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Published by Good Press, 2019
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That unfortunate artistic soul of his, which had been in the tropics of expectation, and was now in the arctic of reaction, had just finally settled down to black despair, with a grim recognition of the fact that Maude had certainly and absolutely given him up, when one boomed from the station clock, and on the very stroke she hurried on to the platform. How could he have strained his eyes after other women, as if a second glance were ever needed when it was really she! The perfectly graceful figure, the trimness and neatness of it, the beautiful womanly poise of the head, the quick elastic step, he could have sworn to her among ten thousand. His heart gave a bound at the sight of her, but he had the English aversion to giving himself away, and so he walked quickly forward to meet her with an impassive face, but with a look in his eyes which was all that she wanted.
