William Black
Prince Fortunatus
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066148287
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Frontispiece.
"SHE DRAGGED OFF THE ENGAGEMENT-RING, AND DASHED IT ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF HIS FEET"
"'YOU SAY AT YOUR FEET THAT I WEPT IN DESPAIR'"
"WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED SUPPER, LIONEL MOORE LIT A CIGARETTE, AND HIS FRIEND A BRIAR-ROOT PIPE"
"THEY PASSED IN THROUGH THE GATE, AND FOUND THE DOOR LEFT OPEN FOR THEM"
" 116
"AND YET HERE WAS THIS GIRL WATCHING COOLLY AND CRITICALLY THE MOTION OF THE LINE"
"CAUTIOUSLY OLD ROBERT CREPT DOWN. WHEN HE WAS CLOSE TO THE WATER, HE BARED HIS RIGHT ARM AND GRASPED THE GAFF BY THE HANDLE"
" 198
"ROBERT GOT THE SMALL PARCELS AND THE DRINKING-CUPS OUT OF THE BAG, AND ARRANGED THEM ON THE WARM TURF"
" 252
"AND NINA, HANGING SOME WAY BACK, COULD SEE THEM BEING PRESENTED TO MISS BURGOYNE"
"'WHY, YOU SEEM TO KNOW EVERYBODY, MR. MOORE!' SHE SAID TO HIM, WITH A SMILE"
" 310
"HE THREW HIS ARMS ON THE TABLE BEFORE HIM, AND HID HIS FACE"
"AND AGAIN SHE FILLED UP HIS GLASS, WHICH HE HAD NOT EMPTIED"
" 346
"THERE WAS A SLIGHT TOUCH OF COLOR VISIBLE ON THE GRACIOUS FOREHEAD WHEN SHE OFFERED HIM HER HAND"
"HE UTTERED A LOUD SHRIEK, AND STRUGGLED WILDLY TO RAISE HIMSELF"
" 400
"SHE THREW HERSELF ON HER KNEES BY THE BEDSIDE AND SEIZED HIS HAND"
"MAURICE WALKED BACK UNTIL HE FOUND A GATE, ENTERED, AND WENT FORWARD AND OVERTOOK HER"
"I HAVE AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT LETTER TO SEND OFF"