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CHAPTER VI—A STRATEGY THAT FAILED
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he invited the terrors of her medicines. By restraining his appetite and allowing half his meals to be carried away untasted, he gave to his supposed illness a convincing appearance of reality. Ev
? Where is it that y
ust all
d listen for her coming. Perhaps her footstep in the passage would first warn him—or would it be her voice? He liked to think that any moment she might enter on tiptoe and lean across his pillow before he was a
’s just all over.” Her ingenuity in prescribing had been sorely tested: she had never had such an uncomplaining
ropounded. Sitting by her easel in the quiet room, she would carry on gossiping monologues addressed to Teddy. He gathered that in her opinion all men were born worthless; husbands were saved from the lowest depths of inferiority by the splendid women they married. All women were naturally splendid, and all bachelors so selfish as t
oped with him, and I’ve not done wondering yet Yes, little boy, you may look at me and wonder whether I’m telling the truth, but my father was Lord Mayor of London and I could onc
ddy. “Did he ride on a horse and car
“Ride on a horse! No, he didn’t, Teddy. You see, he was called Sheeru
EGY THA
” murmured Teddy, trying to mak
ay with him because he was kind and comfy, and because he needed taking care of m
excitement. “Oh, tell me about the running. Did they follow you? And was i
had directly she entered: her gray hair was combed back from her forehead and was quite orderly; s
ther li
y mu
didn’t
polite to
n’t want to
Not unless you want——
d her; it seemed to have been
ung man. Took me in completely. But I’m
ared she kept on nodding, like the wife of a mandarin who had picked up the habit from her husband. Two fi
back of her head. “Humph! I’ve been nicely had.” Then to Teddy: “We’ll get y
bockers, with a counterpane rolled a
thin and the fat man were playing cards. They wer
et?” demanded
Mr. Hughes ans
aise you ten thousa
e fat man exposed a full house. “You
at?” asked Mrs. She
lost—and it isn’t lunch time. ’urried into the world—that’s wot I was—that’s ’ow my b
her nose. “You know you never pay. It doesn’t matter wheth
her household duties, she bent down and whispered: “No one shall ever know that you pret
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1 BOOK I—LIFE TILL TWENTY-ONE CHAPTER I—MRS. SHEERUG’S GARDEN2 CHAPTER II—THE FAERY-GODMOTHER3 CHAPTER III—VASHTI4 CHAPTER IV—THE ROUSING OF THE GIANT5 CHAPTER V—THE GHOST BIRD OF ROMANCE6 CHAPTER VI—A STRATEGY THAT FAILED7 CHAPTER VII—“PASHUN” IN THE KITCHEN8 CHAPTER VIII—THE EXPENSE OF LOVING9 CHAPTER IX—THE FOG10 CHAPTER X—THE WIFE OF A GENIUS11 CHAPTER XI—THE LITTLE GOD LOVE12 CHAPTER XII—DOUBTS13 CHAPTER XIII—SHUT OUT14 CHAPTER XIV—BELIEVING HER GOOD15 CHAPTER XV—THE FAERY TALE BEGINS AGAIN16 CHAPTER XVI—A WONDERFUL WORLD17 CHAPTER XVII—DESIRE18 CHAPTER XVIII—ESCAPING19 CHAPTER XIX—THE HIGH HORSE OF ROMANCE20 CHAPTER XX—THE POND IN THE WOODLAND21 CHAPTER XXI—VANISHED22 CHAPTER XXII—THE FEAR OF KNOWLEDGE23 CHAPTER XXIII—TEDDY AND RUDDY24 CHAPTER XXIV—DUKE NINEVEH ENTERS25 CHAPTER XXV—LUCK26 CHAPTER XXVI—DREAMING OF LOVE27 BOOK II—THE BOOK OF REVELATION CHAPTER I—THE ISLAND VALLEY28 CHAPTER II—A SUMMER’S NIGHT29 CHAPTER III—A SUMMER’S MORNING30 CHAPTER IV—HAUNTED31 CHAPTER V—SUSPENSE32 CHAPTER VI—DESIRE’S MOTHER33 CHAPTER VII—LOVING DESIRE34 CHAPTER VIII—FAITH RENEWS ITSELF35 CHAPTER IX—SHE ELUDES HIM36 CHAPTER X—AND NOTHING ELSE SAW ALL DAY LONG37 CHAPTER XI—THE KEYS TO ARCADY38 CHAPTER XII—ARCADY39 CHAPTER XIII—DRIFTING40 CHAPTER XIV—THE TRIFLERS GROW EARNEST41 CHAPTER XV—SLAVES OF FREEDOM42 CHAPTER XVI—THE GHOST OF HAPPINESS43 CHAPTER XVII—THE TEST44 CHAPTER XVIII—THE PRINCESS WHO DID NOT KNOW HER HEART45 CHAPTER XIX—AN OLD PASSION46 CHAPTER XX—SHE PROPOSES47 CHAPTER XXI—THE EXPERIMENTAL HONEYMOON48 CHAPTER XXII—SHE RECALLS HIM49 CHAPTER XXIII—HIS WAITING ENDS