Deadham Hard: A Romance

BY LUCAS MALET - (MARY ST. LEGER HARRISON)

TO MY DEAR FRIEND ACROSS THE OCEAN C. E. O. VEVEY 1899 LONDON 1919 - BOOK I THE HOUSE OF THE TAMARISKS - CHAPTER - I. TELLING HOW, UNDER STRESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES, A HUMANIST TURNED HERMIT - II. ENTER A YOUNG SCHOLAR AND GENTLEMAN OF A HAPPY DISPOSITION AND GOOD PROSPECTS - III. THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE - IV. WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS - V. BETWEEN RIVER AND SEA - VI. IN WHICH THE PAST LAYS AN OMINOUS HAND ON THE PRESENT - VII. A CRITIC IN CORDUROY - BOOK II THE HARD SCHOOL OF THINGS AS THEY ARE - I. IN MAIDEN MEDITATION - II. WHICH CANTERS ROUND A PARISH PUMP - III. A SAMPLING OF FREEDOM - IV. OUT ON THE BAR - V. WHEREIN DAMARIS MAKES SOME ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE HIDDEN WAYS OF MEN - VI. RECOUNTING AN ASTONISHING DEPOSITION - VII. A SOUL AT WAR WITH FACT - VIII. TELLING HOW TWO PERSONS, OF VERY DIFFERENT MORAL CALIBRE, WERE COMPELLED TO WEAR THE FLOWER OF HUMILIATION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BUTTONHOLES - IX. AN EXPERIMENT IN BRIDGE-BUILDING OF WHICH TIME ALONE CAN FIX THE VALUES - X. TELLING HOW MISS FELICIA VERITY UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED A RESCUE - XI. IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS—ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD - XII. CONCERNING A SERMON WHICH NEVER WAS PREACHED AND OTHER MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST - BOOK III THE WORLD BEYOND THE FOREST - I. AN EPISODE IN THE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES - II. TELLING HOW DAMARIS RENEWED HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BELOVED LADY OF HER INFANCY - III. WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF, INCIDENTALLY, WITH THE GRIEF OF A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE RECEPTION OF A BELATED CHRISTMAS GREETING - IV. BLOWING ONE'S OWN TRUMPET PRACTISED AS A FINE ART - V. IN WHICH HENRIETTA PULLS THE STRINGS - VI. CARNIVAL—AND AFTER - VII. TELLING HOW DAMARIS DISCOVERED THE TRUE NATURE OF A CERTAIN SECRET TO THE DEAR MAN WITH THE BLUE EYES - VIII. FIDUS ACHATES - IX. WHICH FEATURES VARIOUS PERSONS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED - X. WHICH IT IS TO BE FEARED SMELLS SOMEWHAT POWERFULLY OF BILGE WATER - XI. WHEREIN DAMARIS MEETS HERSELF UNDER A NOVEL ASPECT - XII. CONCERNING ITSELF WITH A GATHERING UP OF FRAGMENTS - XIII. WHICH RECOUNTS A TAKING OF SANCTUARY - BOOK IV THROUGH SHADOWS TOWARDS THE DAWN - I. WHICH CARRIES OVER A TALE OF YEARS, AND CARRIES ON - II. RECALLING, IN SOME PARTICULARS, THE EASIEST RECORDED THEFT IN HUMAN HISTORY - III. BROTHER AND SISTER - IV. WHEREIN MISS FELICIA VERITY CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS WHAT SPIRIT SHE IS OF - V. DEALING WITH EMBLEMS, OMENS AND DEMONSTRATIONS - VI. SHOWING HOW SIR CHARLES VERITY WAS JUSTIFIED OF HIS LABOURS - VII. TELLING HOW CHARLES VERITY LOOKED ON THE MOTHER OF HIS SON - CHAPTER THE EIGHTH WHICH IS ALSO CHAPTER THE LAST - BOOK I - THE HOUSE OF THE TAMARISKS - CHAPTER I - TELLING HOW, UNDER STRESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, A HUMANIST TURNED HERMIT

CHAPTER II - ENTER A YOUNG SCHOLAR AND GENTLEMAN OF A HAPPY DISPOSITION AND GOOD PROSPECTS

CHAPTER III - THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE

CHAPTER IV - WATCHERS THROUGH THE SMALL HOURS

CHAPTER V - BETWEEN RIVER AND SEA

CHAPTER VI - IN WHICH THE PAST LAYS AN OMINOUS HAND ON THE PRESENT

CHAPTER VII - A CRITIC IN CORDUROY

BOOK II - THE HARD SCHOOL OF THINGS AS THEY ARE - CHAPTER I - IN MAIDEN MEDITATION

CHAPTER II - WHICH CANTERS ROUND A PARISH PUMP