What Will He Do with It? — Volume 12

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What Will He Do with It? — Volume 12

by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

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14 total

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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.

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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.

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CHAPTER III. - AT LAST THE GREAT QUESTION BY TORTURE IS FAIRLY APPLIED TO GUY DARRELL.

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CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER V.

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CHAPTER VI. - FAIRTHORN FRIGHTENS SOPHY. SIR ISAAC IS INVITED BY DARRELL, AND FORMS ONE OF A FAMILY CIRCLE.

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CHAPTER VII.

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FAIRTHORN FINDS NOTHING /PLACENS/ IN THE /UXOR/, TO WHOM /DOMUS/ IS INDEBTED FOR ITS DESTRUCTION.

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CHAPTER VIII. - THE FLUTE-PLAYER SHOWS HOW LITTLE MUSIC HATH POWER TO SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BREAST—OF A MUSICIAN.

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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.

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en

Duration

~2 hours (147K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Mar 1, 2005

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

1803–1873

A bestselling Victorian novelist and politician, he mixed society satire, historical fiction, and supernatural intrigue in books that captivated 19th-century readers. He is still widely remembered for coining famous lines including “the pen is mightier than the sword” and the much-parodied opening “It was a dark and stormy night.”

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