Captain Desmond, V.C.

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MAUD DIVER AUTHOR OF 'THE GREAT AMULET,' 'CANDLES IN THE WIND,'

CONTENTS. BOOK I. CHAP. PAGE I. JUDGE FOR YOURSELF 3 II. I WANT

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I. JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.

CHAPTER II. I WANT TO BE FIRST. "A breath of light, a pulse of

CHAPTER III. THE BIG CHAPS. "Love that is loud or light in all

CHAPTER IV. ESPECIALLY WOMEN. "We are fearfully and wonderfully made especially women." Thackeray.

CHAPTER V. AN EXPURGATED EDITION. "A little lurking secret of

CHAPTER VI. GENIUS OF CHARACTER. "For still the Lord is Lord of

CHAPTER VII. BRIGHT EYES OF DANGER. "My mistress still, the

CHAPTER VIII. STICK TO THE FRONTIER. "We know our motives least

CHAPTER IX. WE'LL JUST FORGET. "Les petites choses ont leur

CHAPTER X. A SQUARE BARGAIN. "The faith of men that ha'

CHAPTER XI. YOU DON'T KNOW DESMOND. "Suffer with men, and like a man be strong." Myers.

CHAPTER XII. NOW IT'S DIFFERENT. "A word! how it severeth! O

CHAPTER XIII. IT ISN'T FAIR. "Though thou repent, yet have I

CHAPTER XIV. I SIMPLY INSIST.

CHAPTER XV. GOOD ENOUGH, ISN'T IT? "One crowded hour of glorious life." Scott.

CHAPTER XVI. SIGNED AND SEALED. "Leave the dead moments to bury

BOOK II.

CHAPTER XVII. YOU WANT TO GO! "White hands cling to the

CHAPTER XVIII. LOVE THAT IS LIFE! "Love that is Life; Love that

CHAPTER XIX. IT'S NOT MAJOR WYNDHAM. "I will endure; I will not

CHAPTER XX. THE DEVIL'S PECULIARITY? "This is the devil's

CHAPTER XXI. I AM YOURS. "I knew thee strong and quiet like

CHAPTER XXII. THE CHEAPER MAN. "No proposition Euclid wrote, No

CHAPTER XXIII. YOU GO ALONE. "It is poor work beating butterflies with a cart-rope." Lucas Malet.

CHAPTER XXIV. I WANT LADYBIRD. "So free we seem; so fettered fast we are." Browning.

CHAPTER XXV. THE MOONLIGHT SONATA. "The depth and dream of my

CHAPTER XXVI. STAND TO YOUR GUNS.

CHAPTER XXVII. THE EXECRABLE UNKNOWN. "Doubting things go

CHAPTER XXVIII. YOU SHALL NOT ! "I have very sore shame if

CHAPTER XXIX. THE UTTERMOST FARTHING.

CHAPTER XXX. SHE SHALL UNDERSTAND. "The light of every soul

CHAPTER XXXI. THE LOSS OF ALL.

CHAPTER XXXII. EVEN TO THE UTMOST. "How can Love lose, doing of

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ONE BIG THING. "The sky that noticed all

CHAPTER XXXIV. C'ETAIT MA VIE. "C'Etait toute petite, ma vie: Mais c'Etait ma vie." Anatole France.

AFTERMATH.

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Title: Captain Desmond, V.C.

Author: Maud Diver

Language: English

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