SECOND STRING
By Anthony Hope
1910
CONTENTS
| I. | Home Again | 5 |
| II. | A Very Little Hunting | 27 |
| III. | The Potent Voice | 45 |
| IV. | Settled Programmes | 66 |
| V. | Broadening Life | 87 |
| VI. | The Worlds of Meriton | 106 |
| VII. | Entering for the Race | 128 |
| VIII. | Wonderful Words | 148 |
| IX. | "Interjection" | 169 |
| X. | Friends in Need | 190 |
| XI. | The Shawl by the Window | 212 |
| XII. | Concerning a Stolen Kiss | 235 |
| XIII. | A Lover Looks Pale | 256 |
| XIV. | Saving the Nation | 278 |
| XV. | Love and Fear | 300 |
| XVI. | A Choice of Evils | 321 |
| XVII. | Reformation | 342 |
| XVIII. | Penitence and Problems | 362 |
| XIX. | Marked Money | 384 |
| XX. | No Good? | 404 |
| XXI. | The Empty Place | 424 |
| XXII. | Grubbing Away | 446 |
| XXIII. | A Stop-Gap | 468 |
| XXIV. | Pretty Much the Same! | 490 |
| XXV. | The Last Fight | 512 |
| XXVI. | Tales out of School for Once | 533 |
| XXVII. | Not of his Seeking | 555 |
BEAUMAROY HOME FROM THE WARS
By Anthony Hope
1919
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Doctor Mary's Paying Guest | 1 |
| II. | The General Remembers | 13 |
| III. | Mr. Saffron at Home | 27 |
| IV. | Professional Etiquette | 39 |
| V. | A Familiar Implement | 53 |
| VI. | Odd Story of Captain Duggle! | 66 |
| VII. | A Gentlemanly Stranger | 80 |
| VIII. | Captain Alec raises his Voice | 94 |
| IX. | Doctor Mary's Ultimatum | 107 |
| X. | That Magical Word Morocco! | 123 |
| XI. | The Car behind the Trees | 138 |
| XII. | The Secret of the Tower | 151 |
| XIII. | Right of Conquest | 163 |
| XIV. | The Sceptre in the Grave | 178 |
| XV. | A Normal Case | 192 |
| XVI. | Dead Majesty | 206 |
| XVII. | The Chief Mourners | 220 |
| XVIII. | The Gold and the Treasure | 234 |
SOPHY OF KRAVONIA
A Novel
By Anthony Hope
1906
CONTENTS
| Introduction | v |
Part I
MORPINGHAM
| I. | Enoch Grouch's Daughter | 3 |
| II. | The Cook and the Catechism | 10 |
| III. | Beautiful Julia—and my Lord | 19 |
| IV. | Fate's Way—or Lady Meg's | 29 |
| V. | The Vision of "Something Bright" | 40 |
PART II
PARIS
| I. | Pharos, Mantis, and Co. | 45 |
| II. | The Lord of Youth | 55 |
| III. | The Note—and no Reasons | 64 |
| IV. | The Picture and the Star | 72 |
PART III
KRAVONIA
| I. | The Name-Day of the King | 79 |
| II. | At the Golden Lion | 90 |
| III. | The Virgin with the Lamp | 101 |
| IV. | The Message of the Night | 110 |
| V. | A Question of Memory | 118 |
| VI. | "Impossible" or "Immediate"? | 129 |
| VII. | The Baroness Goes to Court | 139 |
| VIII. | Monseigneur's Uniform | 149 |
| IX. | Countess Ellenburg Prays | 159 |
| X. | The Sound of a Trumpet | 169 |
| XI. | M. Zerkovitch's Bedroom Fire | 180 |
| XII. | Joyful of Heart | 193 |
| XIII. | A Delicate Duty | 203 |
| XIV. | His Majesty Dies—To-Morrow! | 216 |
| XV. | A Job for Captain Hercules | 225 |
| XVI. | A Frenchman and a Mattress | 235 |
| XVII. | Ingenious Colonel Stafnitz | 246 |
| XVIII. | To the Faithful City | 258 |
| XIX. | The Silver Ring | 267 |
| XX. | They Have Colds in Slavna | 280 |
| XXI. | On Saturday at Miklevni! | 292 |
| XXII. | Jealous of Death | 303 |
| XXIII. | A Woman and a Ghost | 313 |
| XXIV. | True to Her Love | 325 |
THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO
By Anthony Hope
1895
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I.— | How Count Antonio took to the hills | 1 |
| II.— | Count Antonio and the traitor prince | 39 |
| III.— | Count Antonio and the Prince of Mantivoglia | 71 |
| IV.— | Count Antonio and the wizard's drug | 116 |
| V.— | Count Antonio and the sacred bones | 158 |
| VI.— | Count Antonio and the hermit of the vault | 202 |
| VII.— | Count Antonio and the Lady of Rilano | 245 |
| VIII.— | The manner of Count Antonio's return | 290 |
THE GOD IN THE CAR
By Anthony Hope
1894
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER PAGE | ||
| I. | An Insolent Memory | 1 |
| II. | The Coining of a Nickname | 14 |
| III. | Mrs. Dennison's Orders | 26 |
| IV. | Two Young Gentlemen | 39 |
| V. | A Telegram to Frankfort | 52 |
| VI. | Whose shall it be? | 66 |
| VII. | An Attempt to stop the Wheels | 81 |
| VIII. | Converts and Heretics | 96 |
| IX. | An Oppressive Atmosphere | 108 |
| X. | A Lady's Bit of Work | 120 |
| XI. | Against his Coming | 134 |
| XII. | It can wait | 148 |
| XIII. | A Spasm of Penitence | 160 |
| XIV. | The Thing or the Man | 173 |
| XV. | The Work of a Week | 185 |
| XVI. | The Last Barriers | 200 |
| XVII. | A Sound in the Night | 217 |
| XVIII. | On the Matter of a Railway | 231 |
| XIX. | Past praying for | 248 |
| XX. | The Baron's Contribution | 258 |
| XXI. | A Joint in his Armour | 271 |
| XXII. | A Toast in Champagne | 287 |
| XXIII. | The Cutting of the Knot | 304 |
| XXIV. | The Return of a Friend | 317 |
| XXV. | The Moving Car | 332 |
SPORT ROYAL
Anthony Hope
1895
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Sport Royal: | ||
| Chapter I. | The Sequel to the Ball, | 1 |
| “II. | At the Hôtel Magnifique, | 31 |
| “III. | The Mission of the Ruby, | 54 |
| A Tragedy in Outline, | 99 | |
| A Malapropos Parent, | 102 | |
| How they Stopped the “Run,” | 115 | |
| A Little Joke, | 126 | |
| A Guardian of Morality, | 139 | |
| Not a Bad Deal, | 154 | |
| Middleton’s Model, | 169 | |
| My Astral Body, | 185 | |
| The Nebraska Loadstone, | 204 | |
| A Successful Rehearsal, | 216 | |
MRS. MAXON PROTESTS
By Anthony Hope
1911
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | "INKPAT!" | 1 |
| II. | A CASE OF NECESSITY | 10 |
| III. | 'IN SOLUTION' | 20 |
| IV. | KEEPING A PROMISE | 31 |
| V. | THE GREAT ALLIES | 42 |
| VI. | FRUIT OF THE TREE | 53 |
| VII. | A CODE AND A THEORY | 64 |
| VIII. | SUBVERSIVE | 74 |
| IX. | NO PROCEEDINGS! | 85 |
| X. | MAUVE ENVELOPES | 96 |
| XI. | AN UNMENTIONED NAME | 107 |
| XII. | CHRISTMAS IN WOBURN SQUARE | 119 |
| XIII. | CHRISTMAS AT SHAYLOR'S PATCH | 131 |
| XIV. | A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION | 143 |
| XV. | MRS. NOBODY | 155 |
| XVI. | A WORD TAKEN AT PLEASURE | 167 |
| XVII. | THE TRACK OF THE RAIDER | 180 |
| XVIII. | NOTHING SERIOUS | 193 |
| XIX. | A POINT OF HONOUR | 206 |
| XX. | AN HEROIC OFFER | 219 |
| XXI. | IS HE A BULLY? | 233 |
| XXII. | JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY | 247 |
| XXIII. | THE REGIMENT | 261 |
| XXIV. | AN ENLIGHTENMENT | 274 |
| XXV. | "PERHAPS!" | 286 |
| XXVI. | A FRIEND DEPARTS | 300 |
| XXVII. | A PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECT | 311 |
| XXVIII. | THE VIEW FROM A HOUSE | 323 |
| XXIX. | IN THE RESULT | 337 |
THE HEART OF PRINCESS OSRA
By ANTHONY HOPE
1895
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE. |
| I. The Happiness of Stephen the Smith | 1 |
| II. The Wager of the Marquis de Mérosailles | 51 |
| III. The Madness of Lord Harry Culverhouse | 79 |
| IV. The Courtesy of Christian the Highwayman | 100 |
| V. The Sin of the Bishop of Modenstein | 131 |
| VI. The Device of Giraldo the Painter | 175 |
| VII. The Indifference of the Miller of Hofbau | 201 |
| VIII. The Love of the Prince of Glottenberg | 226 |
| IX. The Victory of the Grand Duke of Mittenheim | 258 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE. | |
| "'Kill him for me, then; kill him for me'" | Frontispiece |
| "'Take her and be happy'" | 11 |
| "Stephen stood on the threshold with his staff in his hand" | 37 |
| The physician receives Princess Osra | 56 |
| "'Madame, if you will, you can do me a great service'" | 101 |
| "With either hand he drew a silver-mounted pistol" | 114 |
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"She asked the officer why a throng of people hastened to the city" |
118 |
| "'My lord, where is the Princess?'" | 160 |
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"He drove his sword into his body, and the Count gave back before it" |
165 |
| "He walked with his head down and his eyes on the ground" | 171 |
| "He took it and drained it" | 204 |
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"On either side of it sat the priest of the village and the Miller of Hofbau" |
215 |
| "'Forgive me, forgive me!'" | 252 |
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"A young man sprang up, and, with a low bow, drew aside to let her pass" |
259 |
| "'You are the beauty of the world,' he answered smiling" | 263 |