Halfway House: A Comedy of Degrees

HALFWAY HOUSE

A COMEDY OF DEGREES

 

 

BY

MAURICE HEWLETT

 

 

 

 

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

NEW YORK : : : : 1908


Copyright, 1908, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

 


 

Published June, 1908


CONTENTS

BOOK I

CHAPTER PAGE
I. MR. GERMAIN TAKES NOTICE 3
II. MR. GERMAIN REVELS SEDATELY 17
III. MR. DUPLESSIS PREVARICATES 23
IV. A MISS AND A CATCH 34
V. HOW TO BREAK A HEDGE 45
VI. MISS MIDDLEHAM IS INVITED TO CONFIRM A VISION 55
VII. MISS MIDDLEHAM HAS VISIONS OF HER OWN 65
VIII. FRIENDSHIP’S GARLAND 74
IX. THE WELDING OF THE BOLT 91
X. CRATYLUS WITH MARINA: THE INCREDIBLE WORD 103
XI. COOL COMFORT 113
XII. ALARUMS 123
XIII. WHAT THEY SAID AT HOME 140
XIV. THE NEWS REACHES THE PYRENEES 153
XV. A PHILOSOPHER EMBALES 171
XVI. THE WEDDING DAY 181
XVII. THE WEDDING NIGHT 192

 

BOOK II

I. IN WHICH WE PAY A FIRST VISIT TO SOUTHOVER 207
II. REFLECTIONS ON HONEYMOONS AND SUCHLIKE 221
III. MATTERS OF ELECTION 235
IV. LONDON NIGHTS AND DAYS 253
V. LORD GUNNER ASCERTAINS WHERE WE ARE 262
VI. SENHOUSE ON THE MORAL LAW 271
VII. SHE GLOSSES THE TEXT 286
VIII. ADVENTURE CROWDS ADVENTURE 295
IX. THE PATTERAN 304
X. THE BROTHERS TOUCH BOTTOM 312
XI. OF MARY IN THE NORTH 319
XII. COLLOQUY IN THE HILLS 328
XIII. THE SUMMONS 343
XIV. VIGIL 356
XV. THE DEAD HAND 365
XVI. WINGS 373
XVII. FIRST FLIGHT 385
XVIII. ENTER A BIRD-CATCHER 393
XIX. HEARTACHE AND THE PHILOSOPHER 407
XX. IN WHICH BINGO IS UNANSWERABLE 418

BOOK I


HALFWAY HOUSE

 

A COMEDY OF DEGREES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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