The Country House
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Galsworthy John. The Country House
PART I
CHAPTER I. A PARTY AT WORSTED SKEYNES
CHAPTER II. THE COVERT SHOOT
CHAPTER III. THE BLISSFUL HOUR
CHAPTER IV. THE HAPPY HUNTING-GROUND
CHAPTER V. MRS. PENDYCE’S DANCE
CHAPTER VI. INFLUENCE OF THE REVEREND HUSSELL BARTER
CHAPTER VII. SABBATH AT WORSTED SKEYNES
CHAPTER VIII. GREGORY VIGIL PROPOSES
CHAPTER IX. MR. PARAMOR DISPOSES
CHAPTER X. AT BLAFARD’S
PART II
CHAPTER I. GREGORY REOPENS THE CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER II. CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF THE REVEREND HUSSELL BARTER
CHAPTER III. THE SINISTER NIGHT
CHAPTER IV. Mr. PENDYCE’S HEAD
CHAPTER V. RECTOR AND SQUIRE
CHAPTER VI. THE PARK
CHAPTER VII. DOUBTFUL POSITION AT WORSTED SKEYNES
CHAPTER VIII. COUNCIL AT WORSTED SKEYNES
CHAPTER IX. DEFINITION OF “PENDYCITIS”
CHAPTER X. GEORGE GOES FOR THE GLOVES
CHAPTER XI. MR. BARTER TAKES A WALK
CHAPTER XII. THE SQUIRE MAKES UP HIS MIND
PART III
CHAPTER I. MRS. PENDYCE’S ODYSSEY
CHAPTER II. THE SON AND THE MOTHER
CHAPTER III. MRS. BELLEW SQUARES HER ACCOUNTS
CHAPTER IV. MRS. PENDYCE’S INSPIRATION
CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER AND THE SON
CHAPTER VI. GREGORY LOOKS AT THE SKY
CHAPTER VII. TOUR WITH THE SPANIEL JOHN
CHAPTER VIII. ACUTE ATTACK OF ‘PENDYCITIS’
CHAPTER IX. BELLEW BOWS TO A LADY
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The first footman took from his pocket a half-sheet of stamped and crested notepaper covered with Mr. Horace Pendyce’s small and precise calligraphy. He read from it in a nasal, derisive voice:
“Hon. Geoff, and Mrs. Winlow, blue room and dress; maid, small drab. Mr. George, white room. Mrs. Jaspar Bellew, gold. The Captain, red. General Pendyce, pink room; valet, back attic. That’s the lot.”
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Mrs. Bellew gave him a sidelong glance, and a little ironical smile peeped out on her full red lips. But Mr. Pendyce had been called away to his soup. When he was ready to resume the conversation she was talking to his son, and the Squire, frowning, turned to the Hon. Mrs. Winlow. Her attention was automatic, complete, monosyllabic; she did not appear to fatigue herself by an over-sympathetic comprehension, nor was she subservient. Mr. Pendyce found her a competent listener.
“The country is changing,” he said, “changing every day. Country houses are not what they were. A great responsibility rests on us landlords. If we go, the whole thing goes.”
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