The Adventures of a Modest Man
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Chambers Robert William. The Adventures of a Modest Man
AN INADVERTENT POEM
CHAPTER I. CONCERNING TWO GENTLEMEN FROM LONG ISLAND, DESTINY, AND A POT OF BLACK PAINT
CHAPTER II. A CHAPTER DEPICTING A RATHER GARRULOUS REUNION
CHAPTER III. TROUBLE FOR TWO
CHAPTER IV. WHEREIN A MODEST MAN IS BULLIED AND A LITERARY MAN PRACTICES STYLE
CHAPTER V. DREAMLAND
CHAPTER VI. SOUL AND BODY
CHAPTER VII. THE BITER, THE BITTEN, AND THE UN-BITTEN
CHAPTER VIII. A MATTER OF PRONUNCIATION
CHAPTER IX. FATE
CHAPTER X. CHANCE
CHAPTER XI. DESTINY
CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH A MODEST MAN MAUNDERS
CHAPTER XIII. A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XIV. A STATE OF MIND
CHAPTER XV. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
CHAPTER XVI. THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION OF AN ANCIENT PROBLEM
CHAPTER XVII. SHOWING HOW IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ANY MAN TO MAKE OF HIMSELF A CHUMP
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MASTER KNOT OF HUMAN FATE
CHAPTER XIX. THE TIME AND THE PLACE
CHAPTER XX. DOWN THE SEINE
CHAPTER XXI. IN A BELGIAN GARDEN
CHAPTER XXII. A YOUTHFUL PATRIOT
CHAPTER XXIII. ON THE WALL
CHAPTER XXIV. A JOURNEY TO THE MOON
CHAPTER XXV. THE ARMY OF PARIS
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"Hello, old man!" he began.
"Gillian," I said, "don't call me 'Old Man.' At twenty, it flattered me; at thirty, it was all right; at forty, I suspected double entendre; and now I don't like it."
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"Beg pardon, sir, but Miss Alida asked me to tell you, that the pig – "
"What pig?" I repeated exasperated.
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