The Passionate E L O P E M E N T by Compton Mackenzie

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THE PASSIONATE ELOPEMENT

  NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
1916

  BALLANTINE AND CO. LTD., TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON

  TO FAITH

 

Contents
I.	THE TOILET	1
II.	THE PUMP ROOM	10
III.	THE BLUE BOAR	20
IV.	CURTAIN MAZE	34
V.	THE PUBLICK BREAKFAST	47
	The Order of the Exquisite Mob	49
	THE PUBLICK BREAKFAST [resumea	50
VI.	BAVERSTOCK BARN	61
VII.	SUNDAY MORNING	75
VIII.	THE GREAT REBELLION	82
IX.	THE ASSEMBLY	86
X.	AFTER THE ASSEMBLY	104
XI.	NOX ALBA	109
XII.	WET DAYS	114
XIII.	MONARCHY IN ACTION	118
XIV.	MONARCHY IN REPOSE	127
XV.	PHŒBUS ADEST	135
XVI.	THE CHINESE MASQUERADE	146
XVII.	THE GRAND MINUET OF CATHAY	157
XVIII.	THE CONFIDANTE	165
XIX.	BLACKHART FARM WITH A COCK-FIGHT	171
XX.	IN WHICH EVERYTHING GROWS BUT THE PLOT	180
XXI.	CURTAIN POLLS	184
XXII.	THE CURTAIN ROD	193
XXIII.	SPACE BETWEEN AN HEROICK COUPLET	198
XXIV.	DAISH'S ROOMS	209
XXV.	QUARTS OF BURGUNDY	216
XXVI.	AND THE DREGS OF THE SAME	231
XXVII.	TIME FOR REFLECTION	236
XXVIII.	THE LOVE CHASE	247
XXIX.	THE BASKET OF ROSES	255
XXX.	SIR GEORGE REPINGTON	265
XXXI.	A TALE WITH AN INTERRUPTED MORAL	273
XXXII.	THE HORRID ADVENTURES OF BEAU RIPPLE AND MRS. COURTEEN	277
XXXIII.	THE HIGHWAYMEN	290
XXXIV.	OLD ACQUAINTANCE	300
XXXV.	THE CUTTING OF A DIAMOND	312
XXXVI.	THE SCARLET DAWN	319
XXXVII.	APRIL FOOLS	334
XXXVIII.	BEAU LOVELY	340

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