A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus

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Артур Конан Дойл. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus

THE OVERTURE

THE OVERTURE CONTINUED

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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These are the beginnings of some of the letters which they wrote about that time.

My dearest Maude, – You know that your mother suggested, and we agreed, that we should be married about the beginning of September. Don’t you think that we might say the 3rd of August? It is a Wednesday, and in every sense suitable. Do try to change the date, for it would in many ways be preferable to the other. I shall be eager to hear from you about it. And now, dearest Maude.. (The rest is irrelevant.)

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‘I can’t and won’t be economical to-day.’

‘There now! See what a bad influence I have upon you.’

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