The Daltons; Or, Three Roads In Life. Volume I

The Daltons; Or, Three Roads In Life. Volume I
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Lever Charles James. The Daltons; Or, Three Roads In Life. Volume I

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. BADEN OUT OF SEASON

CHAPTER II. AN HUMBLE INTERIOR

CHAPTER III. THE FOREST ROAD

CHAPTER IV. THE ONSLOWS

CHAPTER V. THE PATIENT

CHAPTER VI. A FIRST VISIT

CHAPTER VII. A LESSON IN PISTOL-SHOOTING

CHAPTER VIII. THE NIGHT EXCURSION

CHAPTER IX. A FINE LADY’S BLANDISHMENTS

CHAPTER X. A FAMILY DISCUSSION

CHAPTER XI. A PEEP BETWEEN THE SHUTTERS AT A NEW CHARACTER

CHAPTER XII. MR. ALBERT JEKYL

CHAPTER XIII. A SUSPICIOUS VISITOR

CHAPTER XIV. AN EMBARRASSING QUESTION

CHAPTER XV. CONTRASTS

CHAPTER XVI. THE “SAAL” OF THE “RUSSIE.”

CHAPTER XVII. A FAMILY DISCUSSION

CHAPTER XVIII. CARES AND CROSSES

CHAPTER XIX. PREPARATIONS FOR THE ROAD

CHAPTER XX. A VERY SMALL “INTERIOR.”

CHAPTER XXI. A FAMILY PICTURE

CHAPTER XXII. KATE

CHAPTER XXIII. A SMALL SUPPER PARTY

CHAPTER XXIV. A MIDNIGHT RECEPTION

CHAPTER XXV. A “LEVANTER.”

CHAPTER XXVI. THE END OF THE FIRST ACT

CHAPTER XXVII. A SMALL DINNER AT THE VILLINO ZOE

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE VISCOUNT’S VISION

CHAPTER XXIX. FRANK’S JOURNEY

CHAPTER XXX. THE THREAT OP “A SLIGHT EMBARRASSMENT.”

CHAPTER XXXI. A CONVIVIAL EVENING

CHAPTER XXXII. AN INVASION

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CONCLUSION OF A “GRAND DINNER.”

CHAPTER XXXIV. JEKYL’S COUNSELS

CHAPTER XXXV. RACCA MORLACHE

CHAPTER XXXVI. A STREET RENCONTRE

CHAPTER XXXVII. PROPOSALS

CHAPTER XXXVIII. AN ARRIVAL

CHAPTER XXXIX. PRATOLINO

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You see as you look around you that nature has been as unreal as art itself, and that all the bright hues of foliage and flower, all the odors that floated from bed and parterre, all the rippling flow of stream and fountain, have been just as artistically devised, and as much “got up,” as the transparencies or the Tyrolese singers, the fireworks or the fancy fair, or any other of those ingenious “spectacles” which amuse the grown children of fashion. The few who yet linger seem to have undergone a strange transmutation.

The smiling landlord of the “Adler” we refer particularly to Germany as the very land of watering-places is a half-sulky, farmer-looking personage, busily engaged in storing up his Indian corn and his firewood and his forage, against the season of snows. The bland “croupier,” on whose impassive countenance no shade of fortune was able to mark even a passing emotion, is now seen higgling with a peasant for a sack of charcoal, in all the eagerness of avarice. The trim maiden, whose golden locks and soft blue eyes made the bouquets she sold seem fairer to look on, is a stout wench, whose uncouth fur cap and wooden shoes are the very antidotes to romance. All the transformations take the same sad colors. It is a pantomime read backwards.

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“If it’s the gout’s the matter with him,” said Dalton, “I ‘ve the finest receipt in the world. Take a pint of spirits poteen if you can get it beat up two eggs and a pat of butter in it; throw in a clove of garlic and a few scrapings of horseradish, let it simmer over the fire for a minute or two, stir it with a sprig of rosemary to give it a flavor, and then drink it off.”

“Gracious Heaven! what a dose!” exclaimed Jekyl, in horror.

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