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Maurice Hewlett. Halfway House
Halfway House
Table of Contents
BOOK I
I. MR. GERMAIN TAKES NOTICE
II. MR. GERMAIN REVELS SEDATELY
III. MR. DUPLESSIS PREVARICATES
IV. A MISS AND A CATCH
V. HOW TO BREAK A HEDGE
VI. MISS MIDDLEHAM IS INVITED TO CONFIRM A VISION
VII. MISS MIDDLEHAM HAS VISIONS OF HER OWN
VIII. FRIENDSHIP’S GARLAND
IX. THE WELDING OF THE BOLT
X. CRATYLUS WITH MARINA: THE INCREDIBLE WORD
XI. COOL COMFORT
XII. ALARUMS
XIII. WHAT THEY SAID AT HOME
XIV. THE NEWS REACHES THE PYRENEES
XV. A PHILOSOPHER EMBALES
XVI. THE WEDDING DAY
XVII. THE WEDDING NIGHT
BOOK II
I. IN WHICH WE PAY A FIRST VISIT TO SOUTHOVER
II. REFLECTIONS ON HONEYMOONS AND SUCHLIKE
III. MATTERS OF ELECTION
IV. LONDON NIGHTS AND DAYS
V. LORD GUNNER ASCERTAINS WHERE WE ARE
VI. SENHOUSE ON THE MORAL LAW
VII. SHE GLOSSES THE TEXT
VIII. ADVENTURE CROWDS ADVENTURE
IX. THE PATTERAN
X. THE BROTHERS TOUCH BOTTOM
XI. OF MARY IN THE NORTH
XII. COLLOQUY IN THE HILLS
XIII. THE SUMMONS
XIV. VIGIL
XV. THE DEAD HAND
XVI. WINGS
XVII. FIRST FLIGHT
XVIII. ENTER A BIRD-CATCHER
XIX. HEARTACHE AND THE PHILOSOPHER
XX. IN WHICH BINGO IS UNANSWERABLE
The End
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Maurice Hewlett
A Comedy of Degrees
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The tall, stiff-shouldered gentleman made good his word—if that can be called playing the game where a player never hits the ball, frequently himself, and once (with a resounding smack) the boy fielding behind him. Grouped girls admired with open mouths; but the temptation to giggle when he caught himself for the second time upon the elbow and betrayed something of the torment he suffered was not to be resisted. Miss Middleham bit her lip, but turned to rend one of her pupils. “Gracie,” she said in a fierce whisper, “if you dare to laugh I’ll never speak to you again.”
“Here comes Tristram,” said Cecily, but Miss Middleham had no need to be told that. She was very busy teaching a small boy how to wield the bat which Mr. Germain now hastened to discard. “Thank you, Mr. Germain,” she said sincerely. “It’s very kind of you.”
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