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Barry Pain. The New Gulliver, and Other Stories
The New Gulliver, and Other Stories
Table of Contents
THE NEW GULLIVER
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
IN A LONDON GARDEN
CHAPTER I. THE RECLAMATION OF THE CAT-WALK: AND THE STORY OF "THE POOL IN THE DESERT"
THE POOL IN THE DESERT
CHAPTER II. OMISSIONS: AND THE STORY OF "THE GIRL WHO WENT BACK"
THE GIRL WHO WENT BACK
CHAPTER III. ROSES: AND THE STORY OF "THE BLESSED ARTIST"
THE BLESSED ARTIST
CHAPTER IV. THE FOUNTAIN: AND THE STORY OF "THE LITTLE DEATH"
THE LITTLE DEATH
CHAPTER V. THE STRUGGLE: AND THE STORY OF "ALFRED SIMPSON"
ALFRED SIMPSON
CHAPTER VI. NIGHT IN THE GARDEN: AND THE STORY OF "THE GHOSTLY MUSIC"
THE GHOSTLY MUSIC
ZERO
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
WHEN I WAS KING
THE SATYR
THE CHOICE
THE PIANO-TUNER
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
THE PEARLS AND THE SWINE
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Barry Pain
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"You are wise," he said. "Your carcass will now cease to attract your attention and you will be able to attend to me."
He lay on his back with his eyes fixed on the ceiling, and his two long arms crossed over his protuberant stomach. Presently he began to speak in a solemn and magisterial voice, as if he were addressing a large class. I did from time to time interrupt him with question or remark, but have not thought it worth while to place such interruptions on record.
