Adrian Savage
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- A Novel
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1. Front matter2. Adrian Savage3. I CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING4. CHAPTER I IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERO OF THIS BOOK5. CHAPTER II WHEREIN A VERY MODERN YOUNG MAN TELLS A TIME-HONORED TALE WITH BUT SMALL ENCOURAGEMENT6. CHAPTER III TELLING HOW RENÉ DAX COOKED A SAVORY OMELETTE, AND WHY GABRIELLE ST. LEGER LOOKED OUT OF AN OPEN WINDOW AT PAST MIDNIGHT7. CHAPTER IV CLIMBING THE LADDER8. CHAPTER V PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK9. CHAPTER VI SOME CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING NEW WINE INTO OLD BOTTLES10. CHAPTER VII IN WHICH ADRIAN HELPS TO THROW EARTH INTO AN OPEN GRAVE11. CHAPTER VIII A MODERN ANTIGONE12. CHAPTER I A WASTER13. CHAPTER II THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE14. CHAPTER III A STRAINING OF FRIENDSHIP15. CHAPTER IV IN WHICH ADRIAN SETS FORTH IN PURSUIT OF THE FURTHER REASON16. CHAPTER V WITH DEBORAH, UNDER AN OAK IN THE PARC MONCEAU17. CHAPTER VI RECORDING THE VIGIL OF A SCARLET HOMUNCULUS AND ARISTIDES THE JUST18. CHAPTER I RECORDING A BRAVE MAN'S EFFORT TO CULTIVATE HIS PRIVATE GARDEN19. CHAPTER II A STRATEGIC MOVEMENT WHICH SECURES VICTORY WHILE SIMULATING RETREAT20. CHAPTER III IN WHICH EUTERPE IS CALLED UPON TO PLAY THE PART OF INTERPRETER21. CHAPTER IV SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SYMRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK22. CHAPTER V IN WHICH ADRIAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF SOME INHABITANTS OF THE TOWER HOUSE IS SENSIBLY INCREASED23. CHAPTER VI WHICH PLAYS SEESAW BETWEEN A GAME OF LAWN-TENNIS AND A PRODIGAL SON24. CHAPTER VII PISTOLS OR POLITENESS—FOR TWO25. CHAPTER VIII "NUIT DE MAI"26. CHAPTER I RE-ENTER A WAYFARING GOSSIP27. CHAPTER II IN THE TRACK OF THE BRAIN-STORM28. CHAPTER III IN WHICH THE STORM BREAKS29. CHAPTER IV ON THE HEIGHTS30. CHAPTER V DE PROFUNDIS31. CHAPTER I SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE's LOCKED BOOK32. CHAPTER II RECORDING A SISTERLY EFFORT TO LET IN LIGHT33. CHAPTER III IN WHICH JOANNA EMBRACES A PHANTOM BLISS34. CHAPTER IV "COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS"35. CHAPTER V IN WHICH ADRIAN MAKES DISQUIETING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCE36. CHAPTER VI CONCERNING A CURSE, AND THE MANNER OF ITS GOING HOME TO ROOST37. CHAPTER VII SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK38. CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH A STRONG MAN ADOPTS A VERY SIMPLE METHOD OF CLEARING HIS OWN PATH OF THORNS39. CHAPTER IX WHEREIN ADRIAN SAVAGE SUCCEEDS IN AWAKENING LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT