Evan Harrington. Complete
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George Meredith. Evan Harrington. Complete
CHAPTER I. ABOVE BUTTONS
CHAPTER II. THE HERITAGE OF THE SON
CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTERS OF THE SHEARS
CHAPTER IV. ON BOARD THE JOCASTA
CHAPTER V. THE FAMILY AND THE FUNERAL
CHAPTER VI. MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER VII. MOTHER AND SON
CHAPTER VIII. INTRODUCES AN ECCENTRIC
CHAPTER IX. THE COUNTESS IN LOW SOCIETY
CHAPTER X. MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD AGAIN
CHAPTER XI. DOINGS AT AN INN
CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH ALE IS SHOWN TO HAVE ONE QUALITY OF WINE
CHAPTER XIII. THE MATCH OF FALLOW FIELD AGAINST BECKLEY
CHAPTER XIV. THE COUNTESS DESCRIBES THE FIELD OF ACTION
CHAPTER XV. A CAPTURE
CHAPTER XVI. LEADS TO A SMALL SKIRMISH BETWEEN ROSE AND EVAN
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH EVAN WRITES HIMSELF TAILOR
CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH EVAN CALLS HIMSELF GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XIX. SECOND DESPATCH OF THE COUNTESS
CHAPTER XX. BREAK-NECK LEAP
CHAPTER XXI. TRIBULATIONS AND TACTICS OF THE COUNTESS
CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH THE DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT MEL HAVE TO DIGEST HIM
CHAPTER XXIII. TREATS OF A HANDKERCHIEF
CHAPTER XXIV. THE COUNTESS MAKES HERSELF FELT
CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH THE STREAM FLOWS MUDDY AND CLEAR
CHAPTER XXVI. MRS. MEL MAKES A BED FOR HERSELF AND FAMILY
CHAPTER XXVII. EXHIBITS ROSE’S GENERALSHIP; EVAN’S PERFORMANCE ON THE
CHAPTER XXVIII. TOM COGGLESEY’S PROPOSITION
CHAPTER XXIX. PRELUDE TO AN ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER XXX. THE BATTLE OF THE BULL-DOGS. PART I
CHAPTER XXXI. THE BATTLE OF THE BULL-DOGS. PART II
CHAPTER XXXII. IN WHICH EVANS LIGHT BEGINS TO TWINKLE AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HERO TAKES HIS RANK IN THE ORCHESTRA
CHAPTER XXXIV. A PAGAN SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXXV. ROSE WOUNDED
CHAPTER XXXVI. BEFORE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE RETREAT FROM BECKLEY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. IN WHICH WE HAVE TO SEE IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXXIX. IN THE DOMAIN OF TAILORDOM
CHAPTER XL. IN WHICH THE COUNTESS STILL SCENTS GAME
CHAPTER XLI. REVEALS AN ABOMINABLE PLOT OF THE BROTHERS COGGLESBY
CHAPTER XLII. JULIANA
CHAPTER XLIII. ROSE
CHAPTER XLIV. CONTAINS A WARNING TO ALL CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XLV. IN WHICH THE SHOP BECOMES THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION
CHAPTER XLVI. A LOVERS’ PARTING
CHAPTER XLVII. A YEAR LATER
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Toward evening, a carriage drove up to the door of the muted house, and the card of Lady Racial, bearing a hurried line in pencil, was handed to the widow.
It was when you looked upon her that you began to comprehend how great was the personal splendour of the husband who could eclipse such a woman. Mrs. Harrington was a tall and a stately dame. Dressed in the high waists of the matrons of that period, with a light shawl drawn close over her shoulders and bosom, she carried her head well; and her pale firm features, with the cast of immediate affliction on them, had much dignity: dignity of an unrelenting physical order, which need not express any remarkable pride of spirit. The family gossips who, on both sides, were vain of this rare couple, and would always descant on their beauty, even when they had occasion to slander their characters, said, to distinguish them, that Henrietta Maria had a Port, and Melchisedec a Presence: and that the union of a Port and a Presence, and such a Port and such a Presence, was so uncommon, that you might search England through and you would not find another, not even in the highest ranks of society. There lies some subtle distinction here; due to the minute perceptions which compel the gossips of a family to coin phrases that shall express the nicest shades of a domestic difference. By a Port, one may understand them to indicate something unsympathetically impressive; whereas a Presence would seem to be a thing that directs the most affable appeal to our poor human weaknesses. His Majesty King George IV., for instance, possessed a Port: Beau Brummel wielded a Presence. Many, it is true, take a Presence to mean no more than a shirt-frill, and interpret a Port as the art of walking erect. But this is to look upon language too narrowly.
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‘My dear sister, I’m sure I’m not ungrateful.’
‘No; but headstrong: opinionated. Now these people will endeavour—Oh! I have seen it in a thousand little things—they wish to shake us off. Now, if you will but do as I indicate! Put your faith in an older head, Evan. It is your only chance of society in England. For your brother-in-law—I ask you, what sort of people will you meet at the Cogglesbys? Now and then a nobleman, very much out of his element. In short, you have fed upon a diet which will make you to distinguish, and painfully to know the difference! Indeed! Yes, you are looking about for Rose. It depends upon your behaviour now, whether you are to see her at all in England. Do you forget? You wished once to inform her of your origin. Think of her words at the breakfast this morning!’
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