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Lucas Malet. Deadham Hard
Deadham Hard
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BOOK I THE HOUSE OF THE TAMARISKS. CHAPTER. I. TELLING HOW, UNDER STRESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES, A HUMANIST TURNED HERMIT. II. ENTER A YOUNG SCHOLAR AND GENTLEMAN OF A HAPPY DISPOSITION AND GOOD PROSPECTS. III. THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE. IV. WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS. V. BETWEEN RIVER AND SEA. VI. IN WHICH THE PAST LAYS AN OMINOUS HAND ON THE PRESENT. VII. A CRITIC IN CORDUROY. BOOK II THE HARD SCHOOL OF THINGS AS THEY ARE. I. IN MAIDEN MEDITATION. II. WHICH CANTERS ROUND A PARISH PUMP. III. A SAMPLING OF FREEDOM. IV. OUT ON THE BAR. V. WHEREIN DAMARIS MAKES SOME ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE HIDDEN WAYS OF MEN. VI. RECOUNTING AN ASTONISHING DEPOSITION. VII. A SOUL AT WAR WITH FACT. VIII. TELLING HOW TWO PERSONS, OF VERY DIFFERENT MORAL CALIBRE, WERE COMPELLED TO WEAR THE FLOWER OF HUMILIATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BUTTONHOLES. IX. AN EXPERIMENT IN BRIDGE-BUILDING OF WHICH TIME ALONE CAN FIX THE VALUES. X. TELLING HOW MISS FELICIA VERITY UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED A RESCUE. XI. IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS—ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD. XII. CONCERNING A SERMON WHICH NEVER WAS PREACHED AND OTHER MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST. BOOK III THE WORLD BEYOND THE FOREST. I. AN EPISODE IN THE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES. II. TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY. III. WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF, INCIDENTALLY, WITH THE GRIEF OF A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE RECEPTION OF A BELATED CHRISTMAS GREETING. IV. BLOWING ONE'S OWN TRUMPET PRACTISED AS A FINE ART. V. IN WHICH HENRIETTA PULLS THE STRINGS. VI. CARNIVAL—AND AFTER. VII. TELLING HOW DAMARIS DISCOVERED THE TRUE NATURE OF A CERTAIN SECRET TO THE DEAR MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES. VIII. FIDUS ACHATES. IX. WHICH FEATURES VARIOUS PERSONS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED. X. WHICH IT IS TO BE FEARED SMELLS SOMEWHAT POWERFULLY OF BILGE WATER. XI. WHEREIN DAMARIS MEETS HERSELF UNDER A NOVEL ASPECT. XII. CONCERNING ITSELF WITH A GATHERING UP OF FRAGMENTS. XIII. WHICH RECOUNTS A TAKING OF SANCTUARY. BOOK IV THROUGH SHADOWS TOWARDS THE DAWN. I. WHICH CARRIES OVER A TALE OF YEARS, AND CARRIES ON. II. RECALLING, IN SOME PARTICULARS, THE EASIEST RECORDED THEFT IN HUMAN HISTORY. III. BROTHER AND SISTER. IV. WHEREIN MISS FELICIA VERITY CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS WHAT SPIRIT SHE IS OF. V. DEALING WITH EMBLEMS, OMENS AND DEMONSTRATIONS. VI. SHOWING HOW SIR CHARLES VERITY WAS JUSTIFIED OF HIS LABOURS. VII. TELLING HOW CHARLES VERITY LOOKED ON THE MOTHER OF HIS SON. CHAPTER THE EIGHTH WHICH IS ALSO CHAPTER THE LAST. BOOK I
THE HOUSE OF THE TAMARISKS. CHAPTER I
TELLING HOW, UNDER STRESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, A HUMANIST TURNED HERMIT
CHAPTER II
ENTER A YOUNG SCHOLAR AND GENTLEMAN OF A HAPPY DISPOSITION AND GOOD PROSPECTS
CHAPTER III
THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE
CHAPTER IV
WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS
CHAPTER V
BETWEEN RIVER AND SEA
CHAPTER VI
IN WHICH THE PAST LAYS AN OMINOUS HAND ON THE PRESENT
CHAPTER VII
A CRITIC IN CORDUROY
BOOK II
THE HARD SCHOOL OF THINGS AS THEY ARE. CHAPTER I
IN MAIDEN MEDITATION
CHAPTER II
WHICH CANTERS ROUND A PARISH PUMP
CHAPTER III
A SAMPLING OF FREEDOM
CHAPTER IV
OUT ON THE BAR
CHAPTER V
WHEREIN DAMARIS MAKES SOME ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE HIDDEN WAYS OF MEN
CHAPTER VI
RECOUNTING AN ASTONISHING DEPOSITION
CHAPTER VII
A SOUL AT WAR WITH FACT
CHAPTER VIII
TELLING HOW TWO PERSONS, OF VERY DIFFERENT MORAL CALIBRE, WERE COMPELLED TO WEAR THE FLOWER OF HUMILIATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BUTTONHOLES
CHAPTER IX
AN EXPERIMENT IN BRIDGE-BUILDING OF WHICH TIME ALONE CAN FIX THE VALUES
CHAPTER X
TELLING HOW MISS FELICIA VERITY UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED A RESCUE
CHAPTER XI
IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS—ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD
CHAPTER XII
CONCERNING A SERMON WHICH NEVER WAS PREACHED AND OTHER MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST
BOOK III
THE WORLD BEYOND THE FOREST. CHAPTER I
AN EPISODE IN THE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES
CHAPTER II
TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY
CHAPTER III
WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF, INCIDENTALLY, WITH THE GRIEF OF A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE RECEPTION OF A BELATED CHRISTMAS GREETING
"DARCY FAIRCLOTH."
CHAPTER IV
BLOWING OF ONE'S OWN TRUMPET PRACTISED AS A FINE ART
CHAPTER V
IN WHICH HENRIETTA PULLS THE STRINGS
CHAPTER VI
CARNIVAL—AND AFTER
CHAPTER VII
TELLING HOW DAMARIS DISCOVERED THE TRUE NATURE OF A CERTAIN SECRET TO THE DEAR MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES
CHAPTER VIII
FIDUS ACHATES
CHAPTER IX
WHICH FEATURES VARIOUS PERSONS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED
CHAPTER X
WHICH IT IS TO BE FEARED SMELLS SOMEWHAT POWERFULLY OF BILGE WATER
CHAPTER XI
WHEREIN DAMARIS MEETS HERSELF UNDER A NOVEL ASPECT
CHAPTER XII
CONCERNING ITSELF WITH A GATHERING UP OP FRAGMENTS
CHAPTER XIII
WHICH RECOUNTS A TAKING OF SANCTUARY
BOOK IV
THROUGH SHADOWS TOWARDS THE DAWN. CHAPTER I
WHICH CARRIES OVER A TALE OF YEARS, AND CARRIES ON
CHAPTER II
RECALLING, IN SOME PARTICULARS, THE EASIEST RECORDED THEFT IN HUMAN HISTORY
CHAPTER III
BROTHER AND SISTER
CHAPTER IV
WHEREIN MISS FELICIA VERITY CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS WHAT SPIRIT SHE IS OF
CHAPTER V
DEALING WITH EMBLEMS, OMENS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
CHAPTER VI
SHOWING HOW SIR CHARLES VERITY WAS JUSTIFIED OF HIS LABOURS
CHAPTER VII
TELLING HOW CHARLES VERITY LOOKED ON THE MOTHER OF HIS SON
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH WHICH IS ALSO CHAPTER THE LAST
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Lucas Malet
A Romance
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Yet now, sitting smoking and listening to those records of eastern rule and eastern battle, in the quiet lamp-light of the long room—with its dark book-cases, faintly gleaming Chinese images, and dumpy pillars—his native cheekiness faded into most unwonted humility. For he was increasingly conscious of being, to put it vulgarly "up against something pretty big." Conscious of a personality altogether too secure of its own power to spread itself or, in the smallest degree, bluff or brag. Sir Charles Verity struck him, indeed, as calm to the confines of cynicism. He gave, but gave of his abundance, royally indifferent to the cost. There was plenty more where all this came from, of knowledge, of initiative and of thought. Only once or twice, during the course of their long talk, did the young man detect any sign of personal feeling. Then for an instant, some veil seemed to be lifted, some curtain drawn aside; while, with dazzling effect, he became cognizant of underlying bitterness, underlying romance—of secret dealings of man with man, of man with woman, and the dealing, arbitrary, immutable, final, of Death and a Greater than Death, with both.
These revelations though of the briefest, over before he fairly grasped their import, gone like a breath, were still sufficient to discredit many preconceived ideas and enlarge his mental horizon to a somewhat anxious extent. They carried him very far from life as lived at Canton Magna Rectory; very far from all, indeed, in which the roots of his experience were set, thus producing an atmosphere of doubt, of haunting and insidious unrest.
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