ROUND THE CORNER
On veut essayer de peindre à la postérité, non les actions d’un seul homme, mais l’esprit des hommes dans le siècle le plus éclairé qui fut jamais.
—SIÈCLE DE LOUIS XIV.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
PETER HOMUNCULUS
LITTLE BROTHER
ROUND THE CORNER
BEING THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER FOLYAT, BACHELOR OF DIVINITY AND FATHER OF A LARGE FAMILY
BY GILBERT CANNAN
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
MCMXIII
| TO MY MOTHER |
| We were happy, you and I, In the days so long gone by, When you gave me of the store Of rich legendary lore, Part saga, and part truth, Of the days of your own youth. Ah! The world was golden then! How we scorned the world of men In the days so long gone by! We were happy, you and I. |
First published 1913
| PAGE | ||
| A LITTLE PREFACE | vii | |
| I. | FRANCIS OBLIGES | 1 |
| II. | THE CURATE MARRIES | 9 |
| III. | ST. WITHANS | 19 |
| IV. | FERN SQUARE | 29 |
| V. | HOSTILITIES | 40 |
| VI. | FREDERIC’S FRIENDS | 50 |
| VII. | YOUNG WOMEN | 58 |
| VIII. | SERGE | 71 |
| IX. | INTERIOR | 83 |
| X. | SUNDAY SUPPER | 95 |
| XI. | ART AND DRAMA | 107 |
| XII. | ANNETTE | 119 |
| XIII. | IMBROGLIO | 131 |
| XIV. | WHITE BEARD AND GREY | 143 |
| XV. | WALKING HOME | 156 |
| XVI. | MRS. FOLYAT DISSECTED | 170 |
| XVII. | FREDERIC SNARED | 177 |
| XVIII. | EXCURSION | 186 |
| XIX. | GERTRUDE | 200 |
| XX. | EDUCATION | 210 |
| XXI. | MRS. ENTWISTLE’S HEART | 218 |
| XXII. | LOVE | 227 |
| XXIII. | BENNETT TELLS HIS MOTHER | 241 |
| XXIV. | ANNETTE TELLS HER FATHER | 247 |
| XXV. | LAWRIEAN PHILOSOPHY | 260 |
| XXVI. | MINNA’S CHOICE | 266 |
| XXVII. | GERTRUDE MAKES THE BEST OF IT | 274 |
| XXVIII. | MOTHER AND DAUGHTER | 280 |
| XXIX. | DISCUSSION | 288 |
| XXX. | FREDERIC IN THE TOILS | 295 |
| XXXI. | NEWS FROM MINNA | 309 |
| XXXII. | THE CUTTING OF A KNOT | 323 |
| XXXIII. | THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER | 334 |
| XXXIV. | NUNC DIMITTIS | 341 |