Love and Mr. Lewisham
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Герберт Уэллс. Love and Mr. Lewisham
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCES MR. LEWISHAM
CHAPTER II "AS THE WIND BLOWS."
CHAPTER III. THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
CHAPTER IV. RAISED EYEBROWS
CHAPTER V. HESITATIONS
CHAPTER VI. THE SCANDALOUS RAMBLE
CHAPTER VII. THE RECKONING
CHAPTER VIII. THE CAREER PREVAILS
CHAPTER IX. ALICE HEYDINGER
CHAPTER X. IN THE GALLERY OF OLD IRON
CHAPTER XI. MANIFESTATIONS
CHAPTER XII. LEWISHAM IS UNACCOUNTABLE
CHAPTER XIII. LEWISHAM INSISTS
CHAPTER XIV. MR. LAGUNE'S POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XV. LOVE IN THE STREETS
CHAPTER XVI. MISS HEYDINGER'S PRIVATE THOUGHTS
CHAPTER XVII. IN THE RAPHAEL GALLERY
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FRIENDS OF PROGRESS MEET
CHAPTER XIX. LEWISHAM'S SOLUTION
CHAPTER XX. THE CAREER IS SUSPENDED
CHAPTER XXI. HOME!
CHAPTER XXII. EPITHALAMY
CHAPTER XXIII. MR. CHAFFERY AT HOME
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS
CHAPTER XXV. THE FIRST BATTLE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE GLAMOUR FADES
CHAPTER XXVII. CONCERNING A QUARREL
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COMING OF THE ROSES
CHAPTER XXIX. THORNS AND ROSE PETALS
CHAPTER XXX. A WITHDRAWAL
CHAPTER XXXI. IN BATTERSEA PARK
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CROWNING VICTORY
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A flaw in that pentagram of a time-table, that pentagram by which the demons of distraction were to be excluded from Mr. Lewisham's career to Greatness, was the absence of a clause forbidding study out of doors. It was the day after the trivial window peeping of the last chapter that this gap in the time-table became apparent, a day if possible more gracious and alluring than its predecessor, and at half-past twelve, instead of returning from the school directly to his lodging, Mr. Lewisham escaped through the omission and made his way – Horace in pocket – to the park gates and so to the avenue of ancient trees that encircles the broad Whortley domain. He dismissed a suspicion of his motive with perfect success. In the avenue – for the path is but little frequented – one might expect to read undisturbed. The open air, the erect attitude, are surely better than sitting in a stuffy, enervating bedroom. The open air is distinctly healthy, hardy, simple…
The day was breezy, and there was a perpetual rustling, a going and coming in the budding trees.
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"I am really sorry," she interrupted with frank contrition. "It was silly of me."
Lewisham felt unaccountably sorry she should have to apologise, and he spoke at once with the idea of checking the reddening of his face. "I don't think that," he said with a sort of belated alacrity. "Really, it was kind of you, you know – very kind of you indeed. And I know that – I can quite understand that – er – your kindness…"
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