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Gerald Cumberland. Tales of a Cruel Country
Tales of a Cruel Country
Table of Contents
THE TWO LOVERS
KATYA KONTOROMPA
THE BATHS MURDER
THE DREAMER
WHEN THE GREEN ROSES CAME
PAUL OF TARSUS
THE MOON MAN
HOW HIS FRIENDS DESTROYED HIM
THE VICTIM
TRENCH MADNESS
LOOT
HOW IT GREW
KATYA’S WOOING
THE STORM
THE MAN WHO GAVE HIS SOUL
THE STRANGER
A LITTLE CORRESPONDENCE
THE DEAF-MUTE OF KILINDIR
LA BELLE. DAME SANS MERCI
INTO DUST
THE GRANDCHILD
Scene I. In Guy Fallon’s Garden
Scene II. In Guy Fallon’s Library
Scene III. In Guy Fallon’s Garden
NERVES
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Gerald Cumberland
Published by Good Press, 2019
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“Oh, you are sweet, mamma dear, aren’t you? I do think you’re sweet.”
And Katya, rising from her deep chair and gliding to the pianoforte, began to play Chopin’s Polonaise in C-sharp minor, crashing out the fat discords with all the exuberance of youth. With her hands folded on that part of her body lying below her waist, Mrs. Kontorompa sat admiring her daughter: admiring this daring and bewildering creature who, only a month ago, had come from a Belgian school whither she had gone to add smartness to her education: admiring and loving her, and feeling that she would sell her soul to be like Katya—eighteen, beautiful, devil-may-care, clever, wilful, and so terribly worshipful. Then, Katya having begun the great Nocturne in C minor, with its quivering and mounting octaves, Mrs. Kontorompa rose and left the room to supervise the mysterious workings of her Grecian household.
