Perkins, the Fakeer
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Edward Sims van Zile. Perkins, the Fakeer
PREFACE
I. When Reginald Was Caroline
CHAPTER I. TRANSPOSED
CHAPTER II. A WEIRD TOILETTE
CHAPTER III. CAROLINE'S USURPATION
CHAPTER IV. THE STRENUOUS LIFE
CHAPTER V. SUZANNE'S BUSY DAY
CHAPTER VI. VERSES AND VIOLETS
CHAPTER VII. IRRITATION AND CONSOLATION
CHAPTER VIII. NEWS FROM CAROLINE
CHAPTER IX. AFTERNOON CALLERS
CHAPTER X. RECRIMINATIONS
CHAPTER XI. A DINNER AND A DISCUSSION
CHAPTER XII. YAMAMA AND RELEASE
II. How Chopin Came to Remsen
CHAPTER I. CHOPIN'S OPUS 47
CHAPTER II. REMSEN CONFRONTS A MYSTERY
CHAPTER III. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
CHAPTER IV. SIGNORINA MOLATTI
CHAPTER V. A POLISH FANTASIA
CHAPTER VI. CONSULTING A SPECIALIST
CHAPTER VII. A PRELIMINARY CANTER
CHAPTER VIII. THE CHOPIN SOCIETY
CHAPTER IX. AN UNRECORDED OPUS
CHAPTER X. TOM'S RECOVERY
III. Clarissa's Troublesome Baby
CHAPTER I. MY LATE HUSBAND
CHAPTER II. A FOND FATHER
CHAPTER III. MY FIRST AND SECOND
CHAPTER IV. NURSERY CONFESSIONS
CHAPTER V. A SPOILED CHILD
CHAPTER VI. PROTOPLASM AND FROTH
CHAPTER VII. A BIOLOGIST AND A BABY
CHAPTER VIII. HUSH-A-BY, NUMBER ONE!
CHAPTER IX. A BOSTON GIRL
CHAPTER X. AN UNCANNY FLIRTATION
CHAPTER XL. A MYSTERIOUS ELOPEMENT
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To begin at the beginning: the tragedy or farce–whichever it may prove to be–opened just a week ago. I turned on my side, as I awoke last Wednesday morning, to look into my wife's face, and, lo, I beheld, as in a mirror, my own countenance. My first thought was that I was under the influence of the tag end of a quaint dream, but presently my eyes, or rather my wife's, opened slowly and an expression of mingled horror and amazement shone therein.
"What–what–" groaned Caroline, in my voice, plucking at my–or perhaps I should say our–beard. "Reginald, am I mad–you look–where are you? What is this on my chin–and what have you done to yourself?"
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"Confound his impudence!" I exclaimed, and I saw at once that Suzanne considered me "no better."
"And now, girl, what next? Jones, I suppose."
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