Lord Loveland Discovers America
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Williamson Charles Norris. Lord Loveland Discovers America
CHAPTER ONE. The Discovery of America by Lord Loveland
CHAPTER TWO. Between Betty and Jim
CHAPTER THREE. The Inestimable Foxham
CHAPTER FOUR. Lord Loveland Makes a Start
CHAPTER FIVE. The Girl in the Chair
CHAPTER SIX. Catspawing
CHAPTER SEVEN. Guide, Philosopher and Friend
CHAPTER EIGHT. Hail to the Land: Goodbye to the Girl
CHAPTER NINE. Foxham Redivivus
CHAPTER TEN. The Valley of Disappointment
CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Discovery of Lord Loveland by America
CHAPTER TWELVE. Exit Lord Loveland
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Shadows
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. A Proposition
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Introducing Shakespeare
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Shakespeare's Master
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Lights of New York
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Izzie of the Almond Eyes
CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Morning Paper
CHAPTER TWENTY. A Back Number
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. The Man Who Waits
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. News From the Great World
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. The Marquis of Twelfth Street
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Through the Telephone
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. Alexander's Busy Day
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Fire!
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN "You're a Man"
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. A Proposal of Marriage
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE "Wanted: Juvenile Leading Man"
CHAPTER THIRTY. Show Folks
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. The Dignity and Delight of Being a Juvenile Lead
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO. Bill's Star
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. A Mysterious Disappearance
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. Marooned
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE. Pirates!
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX. The Whole Truth
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN. A Protégé of Miss Dearmer's
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT. Sidney Cremer's Chauffeur
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE. In the Car Together
CHAPTER FORTY. The Other Side of the Moon
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One of Loveland's most easily detected virtues was his careless habit of telling the truth. He had never lied, or even fibbed whitely, as a small boy, an idiosyncrasy which had often seriously inconvenienced his mother and other relations whose pet failings or economies he had ruthlessly exposed. But Lady Betty Bulkeley had always maintained that this bold truthfulness of her cousin's was the result of inconsiderateness rather than nobility of soul.
She said (and she ought to have known, as she had been acquainted with him since she was two, and he eight, years old) that he did not bother to think of polite fibs, simply because the feelings of others were not for him of enough importance to seem worth saving at the cost of mental effort. Besides, according to Betty, Val took an impish delight in shocking people. As for blurting out the truth about his own affairs, the habit sprang from that impishness, in idle moods, and a sublime indifference to public opinion in serious states of mind. Now, in his letter to Betty asking for introductions, he made no attempt to cover his real intentions with the roses of pretty fiction.
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"I noticed there was a Mrs. Loveland," said Val, "but didn't think much about it, as she wasn't likely to turn out a relation of mine. And my name isn't on the list, I came in the place of – another man."
As he made this explanation, with a slight pause which meant the recollection of his promise to Jim Harborough, Major Cadwallader Hunter went by, walking slowly; and, having long-distance ears, heard as he passed. He was waiting for his chance to "nobble" Lord Loveland; and afterwards he remembered those few last words which he had caught. He seldom forgot anything which could possibly matter, even though it might be of seeming insignificance at the time.
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