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DR. VERMONT’S FANTASY

BY

HANNAH LYNCH

LONDON J. M. DENT AND COMPANY BOSTON: LAMSON WOLFFE & CO.

MDCCCXCVI

Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty

THREE of these stories—‘Armand’s Mistake,’ ‘A Page of Philosophy,’ and ‘The Little Marquis’ have already appeared in Macmillan’s Magazine, and I am indebted to Messrs. Macmillan for the kind permission to republish them.

CONTENTS

DR. VERMONT’S FANTASY—

PART FIRST—MADEMOISELLE LENORMANT PAGE

The Island, 3

A Midnight Vision, 19

The Story of Mademoiselle Lenormant, 36

AN INTERLUDE, 55

PART SECOND—DR. VERMONT

Dr. Vermont and his Guests upon the Island, 74

New Year’s Eve, 90

EPILOGUE, 118

BRASES—

I., 131

II., 152

III., 167

A PAGE OF PHILOSOPHY, 187

ARMAND’S MISTAKE—

I., 227

II., 246

III., 261

MR. MALCOLM FITZROY—

I., 269

II., 292

THE LITTLE MARQUIS, 305