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by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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BOOK XII. - CHAPTER I. - THE MAN OF THE WORLD SHOWS MORE INDIFFERENCE TO THE THINGS AND DOCTRINES OF THE WORLD THAN MIGHT BE SUPPOSED.—BUT HE VINDICATES HIS CHARACTER, WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE BE JEOPARDISED, BY THE ADROITNESS WITH WHICH, HAVING RESOLVED TO ROAST CHESTNUTS IN THE ASHES OF ANOTHER MAN'S HEARTH, HE HANDLES THEM WHEN HOTTEST BY THE PROXY OF A—CAT'S PAW.
CHAPTER II. - "A GOOD ARCHER IS NOT KNOWN BY HIS ARROWS, BUT HIS AIM." "A GOOD MAN IS NO MORE TO BE FEARED THAN A SHEEP." "A GOOD SURGEON MUST HAVE AN EAGLE'S EYE, A LION'S HEART, AND A LADY'S HAND." "A GOOD TONGUE IS A GOOD WEAPON." AND DESPITE THOSE SUGGESTIVE OR ENCOURAGING PROVERBS, GEORGE MORLEY HAS UNDERTAKEN SOMETHING SO OPPOSED TO ALL PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY THAT IT BECOMES A GRAVE QUESTION WHAT HE WILL DO WITH IT.
CHAPTER III. - AT LAST THE GREAT QUESTION BY TORTURE IS FAIRLY APPLIED TO GUY DARRELL.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI. - FAIRTHORN FRIGHTENS SOPHY. SIR ISAAC IS INVITED BY DARRELL, AND FORMS ONE OF A FAMILY CIRCLE.
CHAPTER VII.
FAIRTHORN FINDS NOTHING /PLACENS/ IN THE /UXOR/, TO WHOM /DOMUS/ IS INDEBTED FOR ITS DESTRUCTION.
CHAPTER VIII. - THE FLUTE-PLAYER SHOWS HOW LITTLE MUSIC HATH POWER TO SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BREAST—OF A MUSICIAN.
The opening places us in a tangled web of duty, honor, and hidden motives. An earnest young officer, Lionel, prepares to leave London for a new regiment, buoyed by hopeful expectations about a woman named Sophy who has been staying at Darrell’s house. Yet Darrell, a seasoned colonel burdened by a family legacy, must decide whether to protect his reputation by keeping Sophy at arm’s length, even as he wrestles with his own conscience.
Meanwhile, a confidential letter reveals a delicate diplomatic mission: Alban has been tasked with negotiating for the disgraced William Losely, hoping to shield his name from scandal. The correspondence hints at simmering tensions between love, loyalty, and the weight of ancestral expectations. Listeners are drawn into the fragile balance of personal ambition and societal pressure, setting the stage for a story where choices echo far beyond the battlefield.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (147K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2005-03-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1803–1873
Best remembered today for unforgettable phrases like "the pen is mightier than the sword" and "It was a dark and stormy night," this Victorian novelist was once one of the most widely read writers in Britain. He paired literary fame with a busy political career, giving his work an unusual mix of melodrama, ambition, and public life.
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