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Mary St. Leger Kingsley. Adrian Savage
Adrian Savage
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERO OF THIS BOOK
CHAPTER II. WHEREIN A VERY MODERN YOUNG MAN TELLS A TIME-HONORED TALE WITH BUT SMALL ENCOURAGEMENT
CHAPTER III. TELLING HOW RENÉ DAX COOKED A SAVORY OMELETTE, AND WHY GABRIELLE ST. LEGER LOOKED OUT OF AN OPEN WINDOW AT PAST MIDNIGHT
CHAPTER IV. CLIMBING THE LADDER
CHAPTER V. PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE’S LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER VI. SOME CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING NEW WINE INTO OLD BOTTLES
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH ADRIAN HELPS TO THROW EARTH INTO AN OPEN GRAVE
CHAPTER VIII. A MODERN ANTIGONE
II. THE DRAWINGS UPON THE WALL
CHAPTER I. A WASTER
CHAPTER II. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
CHAPTER III. A STRAINING OF FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH ADRIAN SETS FORTH IN PURSUIT OF THE FURTHER REASON
CHAPTER V. WITH DEBORAH, UNDER AN OAK IN THE PARC MONCEAU
CHAPTER VI. RECORDING THE VIGIL OF A SCARLET HOMUNCULUS AND ARISTIDES THE JUST
III. THE OTHER SIDE
CHAPTER I. RECORDING A BRAVE MAN’S EFFORT TO CULTIVATE HIS PRIVATE GARDEN
CHAPTER II. A STRATEGIC MOVEMENT WHICH SECURES VICTORY WHILE SIMULATING RETREAT
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH EUTERPE IS CALLED UPON TO PLAY THE PART OF INTERPRETER
CHAPTER IV. SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SYMRTHWAITE’S LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH ADRIAN’S KNOWLEDGE OF SOME INHABITANTS OF THE TOWER HOUSE IS SENSIBLY INCREASED
CHAPTER VI. WHICH PLAYS SEESAW BETWEEN A GAME OF LAWN-TENNIS AND A PRODIGAL SON
CHAPTER VII. PISTOLS OR POLITENESS—FOR TWO
CHAPTER VIII "NUIT DE MAI"
IV. THE FOLLY OF THE WISE
CHAPTER I. RE-ENTER A WAYFARING GOSSIP
CHAPTER II. IN THE TRACK OF THE BRAIN-STORM
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH THE STORM BREAKS
CHAPTER IV. ON THE HEIGHTS
CHAPTER V. DE PROFUNDIS
V. THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
CHAPTER I. SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE’S LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER II. RECORDING A SISTERLY EFFORT TO LET IN LIGHT
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH JOANNA EMBRACES A PHANTOM BLISS
CHAPTER IV "COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS"
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH ADRIAN MAKES DISQUIETING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCE
CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING A CURSE, AND THE MANNER OF ITS GOING HOME TO ROOST
CHAPTER VII. SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE’S LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH A STRONG MAN ADOPTS A VERY SIMPLE METHOD OF CLEARING HIS OWN PATH OF THORNS
CHAPTER IX. WHEREIN ADRIAN SAVAGE SUCCEEDS IN AWAKENING LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT
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Mary St. Leger Kingsley
Published by Good Press, 2021
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During this tirade, Gabrielle had shaken out the thin folds of her needlework and begun setting quick stitches methodically. Her hands were strong, square in the palm and the finger-tips, finely modeled, finely capable—more fitted, as it might seem, to hold maul-stick and palate, or even wield mallet and chisel, than to put rows of small, even, snippety stitches in a child’s lawn frock. If the fifteenth century and the voluptuous humanism of the Italian Renaissance found subtle reflection in her face, the twentieth century and its awakening militant feminism found expression in her firm hands and their promise of fearless and ready strength.
“I believe you do both yourself and those two ladies an injustice,” she said, her head bent over her stitching. “It will not be the very least in the character of harlequin that they receive you, but rather in that of a savior, a liberator. For you will be delightful to them—ah! I see it all quite clearly—tactful, considerate, reassuring. That is your rôle, and you will play it to perfection. How can you do otherwise, since not only your sense of dramatic necessity but your goodness of heart will be engaged? And, take it from me, the enjoyment will not be exclusively on their side. For you will find it increasingly inspiring to act providence to those two shadowy old-young ladies as you see age vanish and youth return. I envy you. Think what an admirable mission you are about to fulfil!”
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