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AT LARGE

A NOVEL

BY E. W. HORNUNG

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK::::::::::::::::: 1902

COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

All rights reserved

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY, 1902

TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK

CONTENTS

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I. A Nucleus of Fortune 1

II. Sundown 11

III. After Four Years 20

IV. How Dick Came Home 28

V. The First Evening at Graysbrooke 41

VI. Sisyphus 53

VII. South Kensington 64

VIII. The Admirable Miles 72

IX. A Dancing Lesson and its Consequences 86

X. An Old Friend and an Old Memory 98

XI. Dressing, Dancing, Looking on 109

XII. "To Morrow, and To Morrow, and To Morrow" 123

XIII. In Bushey Park 132

XIV. Quits 152

XV. The Morning After 163

XVI. Military Manoeuvres 174

XVII. "Miles's Beggars" 185

XVIII. Alice Speaks for Herself 196

XIX. Conterminous Courses 206

XX. Strange Humility 216

XXI. An Altered Man 227

XXII. Extremities 234

XXIII. The Effect of a Photograph 244

XXIV. The Effect of a Song 256

XXV. Melmerbridge Church 271

XXVI. At Bay 286

XXVII. The Fatal Tress 296

XXVIII. The Effort 307

XXIX. Elizabeth Ryan 313

XXX. Sweet Revenge 325

XXXI. The Charity of Silence 333

XXXII. Suspense: Reaction 343

XXXIII. How Dick Said Good Bye 353

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A NUCLEUS OF FORTUNE