Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy
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Wells David Dwight. Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy
CHAPTER I. THE CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER II. WANTED – A CHAPERON
CHAPTER III. PARLOUS TIMES
CHAPTER IV. A LADY IN DISTRESS
CHAPTER V. A GENTLEMAN IN DISTRESS
CHAPTER VI. AFTERNOON TEA
CHAPTER VII. AN IRATE HUSBAND
CHAPTER VIII. DIPLOMATIC INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER IX. A HOUSE-WARMING
CHAPTER X. BEFORE DINNER
CHAPTER XI. AFTER DINNER
CHAPTER XII. A MORNING CALL
CHAPTER XIII. THE SERIOUS SIDE OF MISS FITZGERALD'S NATURE
CHAPTER XIV. THE SERIOUS SIDE OF THE SECRETARY'S NATURE
CHAPTER XV. THE SECRETARY'S INTENTIONS
CHAPTER XVI. MAN PROPOSES
CHAPTER XVII. HER HUSBAND
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DOOR WITH THE SILVER NAILS
CHAPTER XIX. A MIDNIGHT MESSAGE
CHAPTER XX. THE WISDOM OF AGE
CHAPTER XXI. THE RESOURCES OF DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XXII. A LITTLE COMMISSION
CHAPTER XXIII. FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS
CHAPTER XXIV. A VERY AWKWARD PREDICAMENT
CHAPTER XXV. THE RUSTLE OF A SKIRT
CHAPTER XXVI. FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
CHAPTER XXVIII. TWO QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XXIX. IN WHICH DEATH IS A RELIEF
CHAPTER XXX. TWO LETTERS
CHAPTER XXXI. MISS FITZGERALD BURNS HER BOATS
CHAPTER XXXII. THE TOP OF THE TOWER
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SECRET OF THE DOOR
CHAPTER XXXIV. WITHIN THE TOWER
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SHORT WAY OUT
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DAY OF RECKONING
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE PRICE OF KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PRICE OF LOVE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PRICE OF SILENCE
CHAPTER XL. THE PRICE OF A LIE
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Aloysius Stanley, Secretary of a South American Embassy, was not happy. Yet he was counted one of the most fortunate young men in London. Of good family, and large fortune, he had attained a social position, which not a few might envy. His rooms faced the park, he belonged to the swellest and most inane club in town, was ex officio a member of the Court, and knew at least two duchesses, not perhaps intimately, but well enough to speak to at a crush. He had been christened Aloysius, because his father owned a large plantation in a South American Republic – no, it was a Dictatorship then – and had named his son after the saint on whose day he had been born, out of consideration for the religious prejudices of the community.
His name, then, was Aloysius Stanley, and this was the reason his intimates called him "Jim." His other titles were "my dear colleague," when his brethren in the diplomatic corps wanted anything of him, and "Mr. Secretary" when his chief was wroth.
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"Or somebody else," suggested the Lieutenant, and amidst a burst of laughter Miss Fitzgerald regained her good humour.
"Possibly our host had better luck," ventured Kent-Lauriston.
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