THE PASSIONATE E L O P E M E N T By COMPTON MACKENZIE
Reading edition
NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 1916
BALLANTINE AND CO. LTD., TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
TO FAITH
Contents
I. THE TOILET1
II. THE PUMP ROOM10
III. THE BLUE BOAR20
IV. CURTAIN MAZE34
V. THE PUBLICK BREAKFAST47
The Order of the Exquisite Mob 49
THE PUBLICK BREAKFAST [resumea 50
VI. BAVERSTOCK BARN61
VII. SUNDAY MORNING75
VIII. THE GREAT REBELLION82
IX. THE ASSEMBLY86
X. AFTER THE ASSEMBLY104
XI. NOX ALBA109
XII. WET DAYS114
XIII. MONARCHY IN ACTION118
XIV. MONARCHY IN REPOSE127
XV. PHŒBUS ADEST135
XVI. THE CHINESE MASQUERADE146
XVII. THE GRAND MINUET OF CATHAY157
XVIII. THE CONFIDANTE165
XIX. BLACKHART FARM WITH A COCK-FIGHT171
XX. IN WHICH EVERYTHING GROWS BUT THE PLOT180
XXI. CURTAIN POLLS184
XXII. THE CURTAIN ROD193
XXIII. SPACE BETWEEN AN HEROICK COUPLET198
XXIV. DAISH'S ROOMS209
XXV. QUARTS OF BURGUNDY216
XXVI. AND THE DREGS OF THE SAME231
XXVII. TIME FOR REFLECTION236
XXVIII. THE LOVE CHASE247
XXIX. THE BASKET OF ROSES255
XXX. SIR GEORGE REPINGTON265
XXXI. A TALE WITH AN INTERRUPTED MORAL273
XXXII. THE HORRID ADVENTURES OF BEAU RIPPLE AND MRS. COURTEEN277
XXXIII. THE HIGHWAYMEN290
XXXIV. OLD ACQUAINTANCE300
XXXV. THE CUTTING OF A DIAMOND312
XXXVI. THE SCARLET DAWN319
XXXVII. APRIL FOOLS334
XXXVIII. BEAU LOVELY340
The PASSIONATE ELOPEMENT