The Passionate Elopement

The Passionate Elopement
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"The Passionate Elopement" by Compton MacKenzie. 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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Compton Mackenzie. The Passionate Elopement

The Passionate Elopement

Table of Contents

Chapter the First THE TOILET

Chapter the Second THE PUMP ROOM

Chapter the Third THE BLUE BOAR

Chapter the Fourth CURTAIN MAZE

Chapter the Fifth THE PUBLICK BREAKFAST

Chapter V a THE ORDER OF THE EXQUISITE MOB

Chapter V (resumed)

Chapter the Sixth BAVERSTOCK BARN

Chapter the Seventh SUNDAY MORNING

Chapter the Eighth THE GREAT REBELLION

Chapter the Ninth THE ASSEMBLY

Chapter the Tenth AFTER THE ASSEMBLY

Chapter the Eleventh NOX ALBA

Chapter the Twelfth WET DAYS

Chapter the Thirteenth MONARCHY IN ACTION

Chapter the Fourteenth MONARCHY IN REPOSE

Chapter the Fifteenth PHŒBUS ADEST

Chapter the Sixteenth THE CHINESE MASQUERADE

Chapter the Seventeenth THE GRAND MINUET OF CATHAY

Chapter the Eighteenth THE CONFIDANTE

Chapter the Nineteenth BLACKHART FARM WITH A COCK-FIGHT

Chapter the Twentieth IN WHICH EVERYTHING GROWS BUT THE PLOT

Chapter the Twenty-first CURTAIN POLLS

Chapter the Twenty-second THE CURTAIN ROD

Chapter the Twenty-third SPACE BETWEEN AN HEROICK COUPLET

Chapter the Twenty-fourth DAISH'S ROOMS[2]

Chapter the Twenty-fifth QUARTS OF BURGUNDY

Chapter the Twenty-sixth AND THE DREGS OF THE SAME

Chapter the Twenty-seventh TIME FOR REFLECTION

Chapter the Twenty-eighth THE LOVE CHASE

Chapter the Twenty-ninth THE BASKET OF ROSES

Chapter the Thirtieth SIR GEORGE REPINGTON

Chapter the Thirty-first A TALE WITH AN INTERRUPTED MORAL

Chapter the Thirty-second THE HORRID ADVENTURES OF BEAU RIPPLE AND MRS. COURTEEN

Chapter the Thirty-third THE HIGHWAYMEN

Chapter the Thirty-fourth OLD ACQUAINTANCE

Chapter the Thirty-fifth THE CUTTING OF A DIAMOND

Chapter the Thirty-sixth THE SCARLET DAWN

Chapter the Thirty-seventh APRIL FOOLS

Chapter the Thirty-eighth BEAU LOVELY

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Compton MacKenzie

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Mr. Lovely began to think Tony Clare was confoundedly young, and when one young man begins to think another young man confoundedly young, it is usually a convincing proof that the pensive young man is deep in love.

"What's a fellow to do?" he sighed as he turned into the coffee-room. It was empty, so he called for a draught of ale, put his feet on the window seat and surveyed the passers-by. He wondered what had become of his friends, and why the d——l all the world was gone mad because the sun shone with unwonted brilliance for the middle of February. Then he remembered it was Valentine day and amused himself with the manufacture of paper darts which he shot at the prettiest young women in range. Unluckily, in an attempt to pierce the ripe heart of buxom Miss Page who assisted at the cook-shop, he wounded the Rector on the nose. This set him moralizing on the fortune of Love. Could anything be more incongruous than Love and the Rector. Yet why not? We are all targets of a dimpled nudity. The phrase caught his fancy. Numberless Cupids in attitudes of attack floated before his mind's eye. "Demme!" thought Mr. Lovely, "my brain is like an Italian ceiling. Targets of a dimpled nudity!" He flung back the lattice to its utmost extent and leaned out to the morning whence the chatter of the world without floated into the sunny room.

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