IRREMEDIABLE
(Monochromes, London: John Lane, 1893) A young man strolled along a country road one August…
THE WRAITH OF BARNJUM.
I frankly admit, whatever may be the consequences of doing so, that I was not…
THE RED DESOLATION
I THE WATCHERS “I have seen many terrible sights in my life, Master Chitterley,—none so…
THE PEACOCK WALK
I JUNE ROSES The peacock, picking his stilted way along the lower terrace walk, conscious…
THE KING’S CUP
I LITTLE SATAN A swift thunder-storm had rushed down the Thames valley, passed over sultry…
THE KING’S COMRADE
I THE STATE CRUST The early September night had descended upon Bruges,—“City of Bridges,”—once the…
THE ENIGMA OF THE LOCKET
I LITTLE SATAN Enguerrand de Joncelles—Monsieur le Vidame de Joncelles, as he preferred to be…
LADY CHILLINGBURGH’S LAST CARD-PARTY
I LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS Lionel Ratcliffe closed behind him the gate of the house in…
FARRANT CHACE
I FARRANT CHACE Storm without; and within, melancholy humours!—Without, fine, blinding, dry snow, driven in…
BROKEN SANCTUARY
I THE HAVEN OF REFUGE A red dawn was breaking over London; through the undrawn…