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CONTENTS THE OVERTURE I ABOUT THAT DATE THE OVERTURE CONTINUED II IN A MINOR KEY THE OVERTURE CONCLUDED THE TWO SOLOS IN BRITAIN'S VALHALLA TWO SOLOS AND A DUET KEEPING UP APPEARANCES THE HOME-COMING LAYING A COURSE CONFESSIONS CONCERNING MRS. BEETON MR. SAMUEL PEPYS A VISIT TO MR. SAMUEL PEPYS TROUBLE A RESCUE THE BROWNING SOCIETY AN INVESTMENT A THUNDERCLOUD DANGER No . 5 CHEYNE ROW THE LAST NOTE OF THE DUET THE TRIO
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WITH AN OCCASIONAL CHORUS BY A. CONAN DOYLE Decorative graphic LONDON GRANT RICHARDS 9 HENRIETTA STREET 1899 Edinburgh: T. and A Constable, Printers to Her Majesty TO
MRS. MAUDE CROSSE Dear Maude,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course. Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way. So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats. If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy. May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, bon voyage! Ever your friend, The Author. Jan. 20, 1899.
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